India, Dec. 26 -- "Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work," said Aristotle. It is an idea that has echoed across centuries and continues to resonate powerfully in modern leadership thinking.

In a recent podcast, Garry Ridge, the wildly successful former CEO of WD-40, revealed that the quote had profoundly reshaped his understanding of leadership. Early in his tenure, Ridge realised that organisational success is not driven merely by targets or hierarchies but by people who are deeply connected to a shared purpose and nurtured within the right culture. For him, culture was not a vague concept - it was values plus behaviours multiplied by consistency and sustained by leaders who act as coaches rather than commanders. Such environm...