Ownership Thinking: How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit

CHAPTER ONEWhy Ownership Thinking Is Desperately Needed

I love the name of our company (also the name we have coined for this way of doing business). The name Ownership Thinking describes exactly what we are trying to achieve. That is to say, to create cultures of employees who think and act like owners, with the purpose of creating wealth. I am a big fan of wealth, because wealth creates opportunities. With the information you will glean from this book, you will be able to create new wealth in your organization. Every employee in your organization will participate in creating wealth, and every employee in the organization will benefit from it.

It is important to point out that wealth creation is not a zero-sum game. We are often led to believe ...