Differentiate your products, provide great service and don't even think about trying to compete with Wal-Mart on Price.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.

Sam Walton instilled ownership of the products in the stores into the collective consciousness of every associate regardless of what job they did for the company.

Wal-Mart's success strategies and tactics are easy to understand yet hard to duplicate.