The Cover StoryApr 2024
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EmparadisingLeadership.
For four decades, the man who ran Cartier North America and Van Cleef & Arpels built his philosophy around one word — a word he had to invent. Now advising at Christian Louboutin, Stanislas de Quercize explains what emparadising means, why it matters, and how the best leaders make heaven of the journey, not just the destination.
The destination matters. But the way you make people feel on the road there — that is the work. Make the journey a paradise, and the result follows.
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