Executive Focus: Three More Keys to Growing Your Company the Old-fashioned Way

Clearly organic growth leaders want their companies to operate as teams. At Best Buy, all executive offices are modest in size — barely big enough for a desk and two chairs — and windowless. The company founder’s office is the one exception. The company reserves windows for team spaces — showing that teams are a higher priority than management. Wal-Mart uses an Open Door program, whereby employees can directly contact the CEO about anything they’re not satisfied with. The top executives of Tiffany & Co. pride themselves on being humble representatives of the company. When asked to describe the Tiffany culture in one word, President Jim Quinn replied, “Humility. There is only one star here and it is Tiffany.”