Top 12 Quotes by Michael Bergdahl

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

Michael Bergdahl

Keys, Done, Execution

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

Differentiate your products, provide great service and don't even think about trying to compete with Wal-Mart on Price.

Michael Bergdahl

Thinking, Competition, Trying

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

Michael Bergdahl

Stories, Used, Masters

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.69, John Wiley & Sons

Sam Walton's values are: treat the customer right, take care of your people, be honest in your dealings, pass savings along to the customer, keep things simple, think small, control costs and continuously improve operations.

Michael Bergdahl

Simple, Thinking, People

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.3, John Wiley & Sons

Wal-Mart's success strategies and tactics are easy to understand yet hard to duplicate.

Michael Bergdahl

Tactics, Strategy, Easy

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons

Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.

Michael Bergdahl

Average, People, Results

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.131, John Wiley & Sons

Sam Walton instilled ownership of the products in the stores into the collective consciousness of every associate regardless of what job they did for the company.

Michael Bergdahl

Jobs, Rehabilitation, Consciousness

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.87, John Wiley & Sons

The key to competing and surviving against Wal-Mart is to focus your business into a niche or pocket where you can leverage your strengths in the local marketplace.

Michael Bergdahl

Keys, Focus, Pockets

Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.191, John Wiley & Sons

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.

Michael Bergdahl

Thinking, Competition, Niche

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

Michael Bergdahl

Teamwork, Secret, Foundation

At Wal-Mart, if you couldn't explain an idea or a concept in simple terms on one page of paper Sam Walton considered the new idea too complicated to implement.

Michael Bergdahl

Simple, Ideas, Paper