Joel Clark part 1 - Practicing Appreciation and Building a Relationship Focused Culture

Update: 2018-09-25

Description

In this episode CEO and Founder of Kodiak Cakes, Joel Clark gives advice to fellow entrepreneurs to be patient and accept that it is going to take a long time. Clark shares how a work culture focused on relationships has blessed the company and how he practices appreciation and relationship building with his employees.

Show Notes:

A twenty year start up and the events that put Kodiak Cakes on the map [01:48 ]
Building sincere relationships and connections through biannual employee interviews [03:24 ]
How feeling connected to leaders and coworkers increases moral, motivation and an overall desire to show up and do great work [05:00 ]
Using a spreadsheet to ensure your employees receive appreciation [08:35 ]
Get lucky and get big quick stories are fun but the reality is holding on by the bootstraps [09:54 ]
A father figure, example of hard work and eventual team mate [12:11 ]
Fitness focused social media influencers love of the Power Cakes [14:07 ]
Justification for event marketing without proof of ROI [16:30 ]
Patience. The one piece of advice he would offer his younger self [20:07 ]

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Joel Clark part 1 - Practicing Appreciation and Building a Relationship Focused Culture

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Joel Clark part 1 - Practicing Appreciation and Building a Relationship Focused Culture

Joel Clark part 1 - Practicing Appreciation and Building a Relationship Focused Culture