Lee Greif's Motivational Business Philosophy

Online, June 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - For Lee Greif, success is all about taking risks. The Menorah Medical Center board chair and Director of the American Cancer Society of Johnson County has never shied away from tackling difficult situations with the intent to understand and learn from them - and ultimately to leave the situation better than it was before he arrived. For Greif, motivation in business is also about measuring the distance between taking risks to learn and grow and taking risks just for the thrill of it. A longtime supporter of public television and former chairman of the Kansas City Fund Raising Committee for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial, Greif has seen the impact of not understanding this vital subtlety all too well.

Greif is known for his willingness to learn and grow from mistakes. He has said "life is full of mistakes...if you don't make mistakes, you miss most of life". As Director of the Greater Kansas City Theater League, Greif understands that even the most philanthropic enterprise is, at heart, a business; and that building capital is imperative to developing a foundation from which any business can grow and prosper. Greif's risk-inclusive motivational business philosophy exudes a willingness to serve his customers up to the maximum level allowable.

To Greif, building capital means investing in customers, and he believes that customers are the future of business. Investing in customers means keeping the best interests of the entire community as the foremost priority in business strategy. Greif's excitement in being a part of the new wave of Kansas City entrepreneurs is palpable and contagious. "The exciting thing about Kansas City", Grief explains, "is that Kansas City has been a growing and constantly evolving entrepreneurial experience in the last five to seven years. This city is open enough that entrepreneurs can survive."