Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
I say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
If too many people feel excluded from the system and cannot access its benefits, they will ultimately rebel against it. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
When I interview people, I look at their values. I always say that the best chance of success is if the individual's… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
At Unilever, we operate in 190 countries with two billion people using our products daily. We take climate seriously because we know… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
I don't have any frustrations. It sounds a little silly, but life is too short for me. I don't worry about all… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
As a consumer goods company serving billions of consumers every day, Unilever understands the drivers and motivations that create the norms that… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Often people ask me what my job is, and I say, honestly, it is to make others successful, and the more you… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Many companies are disappointing the citizens of this world by manipulating labor rates, putting horse meat instead of beef out there, or… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
People at my level [Unilever CEO] shouldn't be motivated by salary. If you paid me double, I'm not going to work twice… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health. — Paul Polman Copy Share
When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is possible to… — Paul Polman Copy Share
I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is… — Paul Polman Copy Share
I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands which, for years, had been a center of textile production. — Paul Polman Copy Share
The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier… — Paul Polman Copy Share
In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens. — Paul Polman Copy Share
As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good. — Paul Polman Copy Share
At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or… — Paul Polman Copy Share
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of… — Paul Polman Copy Share
Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement… — Paul Polman Copy Share
I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day. — Paul Polman Copy Share
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. — Paul Polman Copy Share
![“People at my level [Unilever CEO] shouldn't be motivated by salary. If you paid me double, I'm not going to work twice as much, because I'm already probably maximizing my time available. And would it change the way I do things? Not really. So, yes, I am fortunate, and I am ashamed about the amount…” quote by Paul Polman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/47d/paul-polman-3721_amount_people-at-my-level-unilever-ceo-shouldn_3000079.png)
