Book review - any dumb-ass can do it, garry Ridge
Any Dumbass Can Do It
By: Garry Ridge
Leadership Behavior are the essential building
Blocks of the day-to-day culture experience
of the entire
community.
Short Video (2 m): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qBLqg_i5ev0
Detailed Video (36 m): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfC7wfU945E
What it’s about: This book is the journey of a legendary, people first leader, Garry Ridge. Garry shares his insights, successes, failures and tips to create a business culture that people Love to be part of all while generating incredible financial and traditional business success. He proves and shares how WD-40 achieved this with him as the head coach! He shares these experiences with incredible humility, just look at the title of the book,
Key Take Aways:
· The book is loaded with engaging stories, sound recommendations and lessons for success all directly connected to caring for people.
· Each chapter ends with a simple to follow and understand list of actions, the bast thing to do, worst things to do and first thing to do
· The company understood and was intentional about defining the unifying attributes that everyone could enthusiastically align with.
· They share the purpose of their business, which one might assume to be making a great lubricant, but it’s not, WD-40 is in the business of making memories.
· They call their employees the tribe, leaders are called coaches not managers and there are very valid reasons for that.
· Garry shares the 4 pillars of a friction free culture, Care, Candor, Accountability and Responsibility. He also shares how to foster and develop success in those areas.
· They had a goal to create a cultural environment that allows people to have what they needed to actually succeed.
· There is a chapter called, “make your workplace a mental health refuge”, which is an amazing and impactful different way of thinking.