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Super Soul Special: Howard Schultz: Pouring Your Heart into Your Business

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Oprah Winfrey: 我对人们的使命感和激情非常感兴趣，想了解霍华德是如何将自己对咖啡的热情转化为事业的。 Howard Schultz: 我最初并没有特别的咖啡情结，但我想创建一个我的父亲从未有机会为之工作的公司。我希望建立一种重视员工、分享成功的企业文化，让每个人都感到被尊重。星巴克是美国第一家为兼职员工提供全面医疗保险和股权的公司，这体现了我们对员工的承诺。在意大利的咖啡馆里，我感受到了社区的温暖和咖啡的社交属性，这促使我将这种体验带回美国，并最终改变了星巴克的业务模式。

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This chapter explores Howard Schultz's upbringing in the Brooklyn housing projects, his early exposure to the struggles faced by his father, and how these experiences shaped his commitment to creating a different kind of company. It details his discovery of Starbucks and his pivotal trip to Italy, where he conceived the vision for the company that would become a global phenomenon.
  • Howard Schultz's father's job injury and lack of health insurance deeply impacted him.
  • Schultz's early life experiences fueled his desire to create a company that valued its employees.
  • His trip to Italy revealed the social and community aspects of coffee culture.
  • Schultz's vision to transform Starbucks from a coffee bean seller to a community hub.
  • The rapid growth of Starbucks under Schultz's leadership.

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Original Air Date: September 13, 2017 

Can a company have a soul? Oprah interviews the executive chairman of Starbucks Coffee Company, Howard Schultz, who shares his inspiring story of rising from the Brooklyn housing projects to becoming one of the most innovative business leaders of our time. Howard explains how companies can be committed to fostering the human spirit. For him, Starbucks’ motto is “One person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.”