CEO of 25 years: I ditched this toxic mindset to become a better boss—‘my job was not to command and control' [CNBC]
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Ridge, who helmed the multi-use product company WD-40 from 1997 until he retired in 2022 , thought at the time that he needed to change himself to make the company and its workforce more successful, he told Simon Sinek's “A Bit Of Optimism” podcast in a Nov. 25 episode Ridge had recently moved from Australia and wanted to expand WD-40 around the world, he said. Prior to going back to school, he was a “be brief, be bright, be gone” type of leader, he added: “I really thought that I had to be command and control. And I pretty soon learned [in school] that my job was not to command and control.” Instead of running his company with an iron fist, Ridge took a more personable approach to leadership — which he credited to guidance from a professor at the time, Ken Blanchard — aiming to help employees feel more belonging and empowerment, he said. “Our purpose was to create positive lasting memories ... So what changed in my mind was I couldn't do this alone,” said Ridge, now a Poway, C
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