http://www.mikelunt.com/blog/2006/08/05/great-companies/ Life is great, and it only gets better. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:21:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.mikelunt.com/blog/2006/08/05/great-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Continual Improvement » Blog Archive » Not a review of ‘True to Our Roots’ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:41:06 +0000 http://www.mikelunt.com/blog/2006/08/05/great-companies/#comment-26 [...] Dolan’s sale to the corporate world seems to be based more on the moral and socially responsible aspects of making these changes to business, but he doesn’t seem to accentuate the aspects that might have a bigger impact in converting the CEOs of the world, such as increased sales and higher profits margins. Here are some of the advantages I see from adopting the Fetzer philosophy, if the philosophy alone isn’t reason enough. 1) Employees that are motivated by more than money will work harder, work for less, and enjoy working much more. 2) Consumers will prefer an earth-friendly product over the contrary at the same price point, and in many cases, consumers will pay a premium for these products. 3) Consumers prefer purchasing products from companies with happy employees. 4) Companies that engage in these practices are often publicly awarded for making strides in environmental and social change. 5) In many cases, converting operations to an environmentally sound approach can lower operating costs over the long term. [...] [...] Dolan’s sale to the corporate world seems to be based more on the moral and socially responsible aspects of making these changes to business, but he doesn’t seem to accentuate the aspects that might have a bigger impact in converting the CEOs of the world, such as increased sales and higher profits margins. Here are some of the advantages I see from adopting the Fetzer philosophy, if the philosophy alone isn’t reason enough. 1) Employees that are motivated by more than money will work harder, work for less, and enjoy working much more. 2) Consumers will prefer an earth-friendly product over the contrary at the same price point, and in many cases, consumers will pay a premium for these products. 3) Consumers prefer purchasing products from companies with happy employees. 4) Companies that engage in these practices are often publicly awarded for making strides in environmental and social change. 5) In many cases, converting operations to an environmentally sound approach can lower operating costs over the long term. [...]

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