Monday, May 07, 2007

THE POWER OF NICE AT THE EXECUTIVE SUITE

”Work hard. Be Nice.“

This is the motto that Jun Haraguchi, the president and CEO of Konica Minolta’s Business Solutions U.S.A. unit, repeats to himself each day.

As The Wall Street Journal recently reported, he also practices it. Haraguchi got the ”be nice“ mantra from a KIPP charter school based in New Orleans who uses this motto in every aspect of their educational practices. Inspired by their credo, Haraguchi had his unit sponsor a fund raiser for the creative–arts school in an effort to build his own company’s morale.

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