Company Quotes by John Mackey

9 Company quotes by John Mackey

John Mackey’s nine statements spotlight the human side of business, emphasizing purpose and empowerment. The collection gives a quick, uplifting look at how a leader envisions a company that serves both people and profit.

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At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund.

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Whole Foods Market tries to embody all of the principles of conscious capitalism all the time, but like any person or company,…

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I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger…

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As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose.

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My dad for a long time was an accounting professor at Rice University. And then he went out on his own, and…

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Amazon is certainly not a perfect company. However, doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, politicians, and labor unions are also on a continuum of…

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Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning.…

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More than once in the history of Whole Foods Market, the company was unable to collectively evolve until I myself was able…

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We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state, and we should be…

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