Leadership

Leadership skills that really work

Hear former Tractor Supply Company CEO share insights into the most important skills that business leaders need to be really…

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Leadership

The Tractor Supply Story

This is the story of how a sleepy old chain of farm supply stores evolved into a retail powerhouse. It…

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Leadership

Trust, transparency is the foundation of leadership

Good supervisors demonstrate daily that they can be counted on for help and advice. Showing that kind of support leads…

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Leadership

Succession Plan: Leaders Develop the next wave of talent

Nearly all the lessons I’ve learned about developing leaders came the hard way. And that’s why they sunk in. I…

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Leadership

Listen to your customer, not your competitor

In the early 1980s when our Tractor Supply management team first began to gel we found better ways to listen…

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Life

Promote yourself but don’t brag

“It is good to do good in the community. And it is also good to be known for doing good.”…

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Life

Family is your foundation

Our life is shaped by family influences: First by parents and siblings. Then by relatives and our friends’ families. We…

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Life

Getting along with the boss

The relationship you have with your boss is one of the most important in your daily life. To be honest,…

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Leadership

Values still matter in business: Here’s why

Somewhere along our career paths, we all run in to an ethical roadblock. Mine came very early on in my…

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Leadership

Get on a board!

Serving on a board—any board—is an opportunity to learn and grow in leadership. The benefits are vast: 

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