Raise Your Game: From Reject To FedEx

Jul 05, 2012 22 Min Podcast
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FedEx is a company that started from scratch before becoming one of the biggest logistic companies.

Fred Smith, the President of FedEx, has several leadership beliefs that we can learn from. The beliefs are:

  • Leaders must be authentic; they must be themselves
  • Read history books and learn from them
  • Enjoy doing what you are doing


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