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Category: Leadership

Fostering Critical Thinking

August 6, 2019 J. Jeff Kober 15 Comments

Perhaps one of my most frustrating experiences are front line employees who simply say: “That’s the policy, I’m just doing…

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Posted in: Employee Engagement, Leadership Filed under: Culture, Learning From Mistakes, Problem Solving, Processes

Announcing The 2nd Edition of Lead With Your Customer

February 1, 2019 J. Jeff Kober 69 Comments

We wanted you to be the first to know: The 2nd edition of our successful book, Lead With Your Customer, is…

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Posted in: Benchmarking Experience, Customer Service, Employee Engagement, Leadership Filed under: Lead With Your Customer

Disney, Leadership and You

October 23, 2018 J. Jeff Kober

Overview Disney, Leadership and You by J. Jeff Kober is now available on Amazon. For those who have been touched by the…

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Posted in: Hospitality, Leadership Filed under: Disney, Disney Leadership and You, J. Jeff Kober, Walt Disney Company

Butch O’Hare

May 22, 2018 J. Jeff Kober 83 Comments

Note: Sorry I haven’t had a post in a while. Here’s a brand new one! I hope to have more…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Butch O'Hare, Chicago, Easy Eddie

Join us at Disneyland!

August 27, 2017 Leah Zanolla 17 Comments

We’re announcing the return of a popular program, Perfecting the Customer Experience, to be held October 26 & 27, 2017…

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Posted in: Customer Service, Leadership Filed under: benchmarking, Customer Service, Disney at Work, Disneyland, Jeff Kober, Ted Topping, Walt Disney Co.

New Book! Disney, Leadership & You

July 8, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 69 Comments

I’m excited to announce that my newest book, Disney, Leadership & You, will be premiering at the D23 conference next…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Annette Funicello, D23, Disney Leadership & You

Actionable Goals

March 21, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 59 Comments

In a previous post, we spoke of Blue Sky Goals. They not only allow you to dream big, but they…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: actionable goals, Blue Sky Goals, Continuous Improvement, goals, Limit/Parameter Goals, Project Goals
Blue Sky Goals

Blue Sky Goals

March 13, 2017 J. Jeff Kober

Goal setting is so important. But in truth, there are many types of goals. In the next few posts, we’ll look at…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: B.H.A.G., Blue Sky Goals, Daniel Burnham, Elias Disney, Goal Setting, Got Goals, Walt Disney, World's Columbian Exposition

Forget Moving Cheese…Move Some Ladders!

February 28, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 69 Comments

This week, I want to share an blog post written by Alex Berger. His post is a classified website that…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Alex Berger, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, ladders, Status Quo, Who Moved My Cheese

Kober: It Means God of Patience

January 5, 2017 J. Jeff Kober 41 Comments

Greetings to a great new year! On a trip to Clearwater Beach, we ended up in a comedy of errors…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Leadership, Patience

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