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Mike Barnes is a value creator extraordinaire, brand genius, merchandising wizard and gifted people developer.
He built the Fossil watch and lifestyle brand from the ground up, literally, from $0 to $2B+ in sales. Mike moved on to grow Signet Jewelers, the $6B retail jeweler, by acquiring its biggest competitor to bolster their unparalleled brand portfolio. Then Mike revitalized Francesca’s chain of 700 women’s boutiques.
During a recent interview with Mike for a group of local CEOs, I piggybacked on Mike’s insights about being transparent to share four questions all employees ask whether or not your hear them:
- Where are we going? (goal)
- What are we doing to get there? (plans)
- How can I contribute? (role)
- What’ sin it for me? (rewards -social, psychological, economic, etc.)
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