Summary: What makes people happy, content and fulfilled? How can answering that question be the basis for launching a successful company? In this premiere episode, co-hosts Freeman Michaels and Barnet Bain will be joined by Chip Conley to talk about a better business model based on intrinsic values related to service and vocation-a new pyramid of priorities where employee fulfillment and satisfaction are of utmost concern to the company. As founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, a boutique hotel and restaurant company expected to gross more than $300 million in revenue this year, Chip has employed a revolutionary management model that turns traditional business practices upside-down. Chip will discuss how "bottom line" thinking coupled with "command and control" management practices perpetuate a vicious cycle of dissatisfaction at every level of an organization. Hosts Freeman and Barnet will chime in with thoughts about top-down hierarchy and unhealthy competition, and what affects they have, not only in the workplace, but also in other areas of our lives.
