tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068729084407027179.post4232951963309233155..comments2024-03-29T02:34:12.159-04:00Comments on NoExcusesHR: When Glory BeckonsJay Kuhns, SPHRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813031657500594380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068729084407027179.post-69460973850988417312012-11-29T16:31:59.393-05:002012-11-29T16:31:59.393-05:00Thanks Graham. Great story about Garnett...love it...Thanks Graham. Great story about Garnett...love it!Jay Kuhns, SPHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813031657500594380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068729084407027179.post-61526721368910404712012-11-29T13:03:07.966-05:002012-11-29T13:03:07.966-05:00I have seen many egotistical so-called leaders ach...I have seen many egotistical so-called leaders achieve very little. All the business leaders I have met who have got me on board have had a great amount of humility. One of my favourite stories is about Christopher Garnett, CEO of the train company GNER in the U.K. during the 1990's. When he started with the company at the time of privatisation, he was shown a huge, well-appointed office above King's Cross station in London. 'Hadn't you better give that to someone more important than me?' he asked, and was eventually given a much smaller office overlooking the station, so he could see what was going on with the people in the business. Graham Frosthttp://www.grahamfrost.comnoreply@blogger.com