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Jamba Juice: Character Analysis
Many different characteristics define leadership. Integrity, the second letter in our acronym F.I.B.E.R, is one of many. Integrity can mean many things, but for the most part it means to be honest and to have moral standards. Similar to integrity, leadership can sometimes be difficult to define and can have various meanings depending on a person’s views, values, and beliefs. To me leadership, or being a good leader, means to set an example, direction, to motivate, and to maximize individual efforts to achieve one main goal. My employment with Jamba Juice has had a tremendous impact on how I view leadership, and how I currently and will continue to use my new views to improve our store.
At Jamba Juice we focus on our guest satisfaction, which
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At many of my previous jobs I was shown that a leader was someone who constantly told you what do but did not set an example. Thanks to Greg, Nikki, and many others in our management team, I have learned what it means to be a true leader. Their work ethic is an example alone. It has taught me to show pride in my work, always be productive, to help team members when needed, to have integrity, and patience, and so much more. I have had many ups and few downs at Jamba Juice, however regardless of what is going on I always strive to do the best I can do. I personally cannot think of many thing that I have brought to improve the store, but more like what I have learned and applied to my daily work ethic. I believe I have helped our store improve by always having great customer service and treating each guest with respect. I also believe I have helped improve our store by never going against authority, and always following direction. Teaching some or our new team members how to sell tumblers, and guiding to constantly be productive overall being the best they can be, and constantly being and example and motivating is one way I believed I have improved to the

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