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Garry Ridge on the stunning business impact of WD40’s Culture First strategy
In this episode Damon sits down with former CEO and Chairman of WD40 Garry Ridge. Garry spent over two decades leading WD40 where his culture first approach to leadership led to extraordinary employee engagement scores, low levels of regrettable turnover and a shareholder return that beat the S&P500. If you’ve ever wanted an episode to help showcase the business value of putting culture first, this is your episode.
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