John A. Allison IV is the chairman and chief executive officer of BB&T, a financial holdings company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with more than $100 billion in managed assets. BB&T's many awards and recognitions include consistently being recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of America's "Most Admired Companies", ranking No. 312 on the 2006 Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations, receiving seven "Excellence in Business Banking" awards by Greenwich Associates (2007), putting it among the top five US banks, and being named among the top 100 "Best Corporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine (2007).
Tags: Allison, John, Leadership, Values
@ltlillil You are strongly mistaken, and I would advise you not to jump to conclusions without doing any research. If you are interested in correcting your conclusion, google "principles of a free society".
ltlillil - Take a closer look if I get you right
- you underestimate the American people and there services in this world believing only in governmental control - We would be far better off being of service to one another than to any rules of our out of control government - example privet U.P.S company is far greater and efficient than the post office
Our nation was built on Independence not governmental socialism !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be of service don't go looking for it.
The Cause of the Financial Crisis- Government Meddling
A panel discussion featuring John Allison and Yaron Brook
New York, New York
September 14, 2009
Let's follow ths guy's philosophy to its natural conclusion: no police, no fire department, no public education, no FDIC, no SEC, no army, no Center for Disease Control.
What a bunch of crap Allison spews.
I agree.
And listen to what he says at 1:07-1:08--as someone else mentioned, he's such an incredible contrast to today's short-range-perspective, pragmatic business leaders!
Yes we do have our own values. And if you don't wish to deal with big companies, you are free to live without them.
But when your values involve tearing down someone else's values (somoene else's business for instance), then our values clash: you are evil, and I am good. There's nothing gray about that.
But beyond that, as long as you leave me be, you are free to choose your own values, or have no values at all: just don't come to me begging for welfare. Live, and die, by your own values.
John A. Allison -- the Chuck Norris of Objectivism.
A very admirable man.
Gotta love the old "Rearden vs. D'Anconia" dilemma.
I'm not an account holder at BB&T so I have a bias, but I am super excited about John Allison's retirement. I heard he plans to enter the media and politics. I seriously think he can have huge impact given his record of achievement. Anyway, I look forward to hearing more from him.
You should listen to John Allison's speech again. You will surely discover that he is speaking in the name of independence, and against slavery. There is a lot of bullshit out there and it is no wonder you don't want to hear anyone speak of values, but the values John Allison are very important if you are interested in bettering your life. You should obviously choose your own values, but you could get a head start by listening to people wiser than yourself.
Black or white logics/morals are outdated. They imposing biases and blocking layered thought process to understand or consult events. Leaderships allows only picking sides instead of proportionality of alternatives.
If someone dares to break the chain of media when troops were to Iraq, our economy won't be corrupted to the current state that conscience doesn't worth a dime. You deserve it, United States of America. Another example is our churches where I seldom heard any priest protest against innocent death caused by massive invasion a cross the globe.
We don't need leaders. We don't need big companies. They are good for nothing. They are making us slaves. Values are my personal matter. Each human being has his own values.
John Allison, you are very courageous. It takes a lot of guts to say what you say and practice what you say. I am inspired by your words and appreciate your time. Thank you for sharing your ideas with me. I am on your side and I'd be pleased to have the honor of mopping the floors of BB&T. What an inspiring place!
Does anyone know where I can find Mr. Allison's recent Duke speech. I'd love hear is opinions about the bailouts, and his own role in the process.
"I've noticed that BB&T has recently replaced the exhaustive explanation of the organization's philosophy with a pared down, more colloquialism-rich version of it. I also read an article about the incoming CEO which included some quotes which I found bothersome. Definitely a difference in tone from Mr. Allison."
Oh, dear. That sounds like Hugh Akston leaving his post as the chairman of Patrick Henry University's philosophy department, only to be replaced by Dr. Simon Pritchett.
@ Saracenwarrior
Actually, Objectivists in general have a very positive view of Judaism. While it is an atheist philosophy and highly disapproves of any religious thought at all, most Objectivists (That I know of, at least) have a respect for the strong tradition of literacy among the Jewish people. If you have to live with a religion, you can go *far* worse than Judaism.
The Ayn Rand Institute doesn't hate any religion. Just because they few it as irrational behavior doesn't mean that they hate it.
He seems to have an Athiest/Secularist philosophy and is a supporter of The Ayn Rand Institute, which hates Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
An enlightening recruitment presentation - thanx-MrDardenMBA.
One unfortunate slip-up occurs however @ 54':05"
MrAllison says: "...they did that to BillGates(gov't-ball-and-chain) and he went on strike."
This corrollary to AynRand's AtlasShrugged is misIntegrated. BillGates did not 'strike' as a KenDannager-type;
rather, he 'folded' à la DanConway - with Lillian(Melinda)Rearden in a supporting role. Subsequently, pouring all his 'guilty' wealth into a 'futile'funnel (HoptonStoddard)
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What a great guy! It's too bad that he's retiring. I've noticed that BB&T has recently replaced the exhaustive explanation of the organization's philosophy with a pared down, more colloquialism-rich version of it. I also read an article about the incoming CEO which included some quotes which I found bothersome. Definitely a difference in tone from Mr. Allison.
I've been an account holder for four years. I hope that this isn't a portent of things to come.
I love his definition of selfishness: "rational, long-term self interest," at the 42:00 mark.
"Awesome video."
Awesome review of the video.
Awesome video.
Mr. Allison is (or should be) an integrated, philosophic inspiration to the vast ballast of pragmatic executives in corporate America today that ignore philosophy at their own peril.
My favorite part begins at the 0:42:00 mark.
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