Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No,… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied… — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
If you want to succeed in business in any capacity - employee, manager, or owner - you must have a solid, comprehensive… — Josh Kaufman Copy Share Image
The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Of course if you are launching a new business you can thinking about revenues, profits, and so on, but metrics such as… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority - can… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Somebody is born. Somebody goes to school. Somebody learns to conform. Somebody types a CV. Somebody gets a job. Somebody follows orders.… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I would just say that if Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he’s earned from bankrupting companies and… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
You're with me, Sadie. When you're off the clock, you're not my employee. You're my.. Air." I frowned at him. "Your air?"… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has… — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
Albert Murray's The Omni-Americans is the most valuable non-business book because it discusses how you have to draw upon everyone's creativity. America… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing that a company can do, not just in the customer space but the employee space, is… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day.… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Anheuser-Busch gives two free cases of beer to its employees at all of its parks, like Busch Gardens. That's a comforting thought… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
High-tech employers recognize that we will only be as successful as the employees that we attract. When it comes to transportation, environmental,… — Carl Guardino Copy Share Image
“A good recruitment policy and process of a company should always be designed by integrating organizational goals with employee needs , further… — Legal Advisor Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
To stabilize the nations public-employee pension systems and to prevent federal taxpayers from being billed for failed pension funds, I have introduced… — Devin Nunes Copy Share Image
I can't possibly predict precisely what the unemployment rate will be at the end of one year. I can tell you that… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Big Internet companies on average are capable of generating revenue of $1 million per employee, and that compares to 10 to 20… — Yuri Milner Copy Share Image
Gone is the day where you work at a job for thirty years and retire. Millennials jump around and switch careers. I… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
So, the three qualities of a workplace that would develop people would be information sharing, investing in the training of the workforce,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Having ideas and doing them - that's what entrepreneurship comes down to. That's something that makes you not just a great founder… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
As Starbucks' CEO Howard Shultz explains, the high-quality customer service that makes it possible for his company to charge a premium for… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
Thanks," many small businesspeople are saying, "but no thanks. Forget the government credits and loan programs, and just get rid of all… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
I don't think you have to make this choice about being on one side or the other side. My feeling is that… — Mary Burke Copy Share Image
For the employee, the goal is to have full access to necessary information and as much independent decision-making ability as possible. For… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
My brother applied for work, but was told by the company that it had more employees than it needed. My brother said,… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Quoting Demosthenes, 'For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.' I would rather make money playing a piano… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As governor I would have made sure that I bargained fairly but firmly, been able to get the changes that were needed… — Mary Burke Copy Share Image
If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get… — Sam Zell Copy Share Image
