Dan Cuneo polled a TEDx audience in Tampa: 90% said companies prioritize profit over people, only one hand went up for the opposite. He argues the gap isn't belief but execution. When leaders actually invest in employees as their greatest asset, profitability follows.
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You did a TEDx talk in Tampa about people over profits. Can you speak about what that TEDx was about? There's all these great leadership books out there, right? There's information on what that needs to be said but like how do you implement and execute it? And it was interesting because I led off and I said raise your hands if you think companies value profit over people. 90 plus percent raise their hand. And then I was like okay, how many of you by a show of hands think that companies value people over profits? I don't even know there was one one hand raised. A lot of companies say the right things but are they afraid to really execute it? And at the end of the day your people are your greatest asset. So you are profitable if you invest in your people. It's great to have these books and these resources but how the heck do you do it? And so I just use my own personal experiences.