Ari's Top 5—On Helping Others Get to Greatness

Do you want to be a game-changing contributor, serving as a reason people are happier, smarter, and more successful?

doing things from a spirit of service. I believe most people have a natural desire within them to serve others. They want to teach, to mentor, to help, to contribute. The desire to give back is a fundamental part of what makes us human.

begins from the recognition that human beings share certain fundamental characteristics: • They have an innate desire to grow and improve. • They are social and benefit from opportunities to engage with and learn from one another. • They derive a sense of meaning and purpose from contributing to something larger than themselves.

A monumental question for leaders in any organization to consider is: How much greatness are we willing to grant people? Because it makes all the difference at every level who it is we decide we are leading.

When I think back to the time when Bill Lazier went to bat for me with the deans at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, opening up an opportunity for me to teach and setting me on a thirty-year journey to study what makes great companies tick, I see that Bill brought out my best effort because I’d be letting him down if I failed. Yes, a noble