Mike Duke
Mike Duke
Michael Terry "Mike" Duke is an American businessman. He served as the fourth chief executive officer of Walmart from 2009 to 2013...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth7 December 1949
jobs thinking order
I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.
growing-up school thinking
I was always intrigued when I was growing up, and then in engineering school, with the idea of a perpetual machine. I think of the Wal-Mart culture as that.
office mail arkansas
I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.
consistent customer lines message number situation
We're not always consistent with our message that the customer is number one. We're not always consistent with our in-stock situation and sometimes the checkout lines are too long.
consistent customer lines message number situation
We're not always consistent with our message that the customer is number one, ... We're not always consistent with our in-stock situation and sometimes the checkout lines are too long.
raise reflect self
We have to reflect on our shortcomings. We have to be self-critical and think about how do we raise the bar,
aggressive customer expense experience female improve percent represents shopping win
We have to improve the shopping experience for the female customer because she represents over 70 percent of our business. We also have to play offense. We have to play to win and become aggressive with expense reduction.
confident future performance quarter remain third
Seiyu's performance in the third quarter has been disappointing, but we remain confident in the company's long-term future.