Mindy Grossman
Mindy Grossman
Mindy Grossmanis the CEO of HSN, Inc. The Financial Times listed her in the top 50 women in world business in 2010 and 2011, and she has been ranked among Forbes' 100 most powerful women in the world for the years 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2014 she was #22 in Fortune's Top People in Business...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
anybody backstage eight guy halls huge town tv
I find out as much from the guy in backstage TV as I do from my C.F.O. Anybody can e-mail me. I do town halls with employees at least once every eight weeks. I'm out there, and it makes a huge difference.
believer corporate enables engaged five four officers women
Four out of five HSN corporate officers are women. I'm a believer that a diversity of mindset enables us to have an engaged conversation.
believed following
I've always been a risk taker; I've never believed in following the expected path.
trying whenever
The days of trying to get a consumer to come to you are over. You really have to be in the consumer's world, wherever, whenever and however.
happening outside
You have to understand who your customer is and her motivations and marry it to what's happening in the outside world.
creates great success
What creates success on HSN is great product, a great story and a great storyteller.
business care family matter priority taking throughout
Throughout my career, no matter what I've done or what decision I've made, I've made it with my family first. My priority was taking care of my family while I was taking care of business.
long people culture
Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition.
successful simple diversity
There's a pure and simple business case for diversity: Companies that are more diverse are more successful.
loyalty world today
Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction, you create a different kind of loyalty.
philosophy impact people
I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?