DELIVERING HAPPINESS:-A PATH TO PROFITS PASSION AND PURPOSE

<p>·Pay brand-new employees $2000 to quit </p><p> ·Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department </p><p> ·Focus on company culture as the no.1 priority </p><p> ·Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business </p><p> ·Help employees grow-both personally and professionally </p><p> ·Seek to change the world </p><p> ·Oh and make money too . . . Sound crazy? It's all standard operating procedure at Zappos the online retailer that's doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually. After debuting as the highest-ranking newcomer in <i>Fortune</i> magazine's annual Best Companies to Work For list in 2009 Zappos was acquired by Amazon in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing.</p><p> </p><p> In <b>DELIVERING HAPPINESS</b> Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business through LinkExchange Zappos and more. Fast-paced and down-to-earth <b>DELIVERING HAPPINESS</b> shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success-and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around you you can dramatically increase your own.</p>