More and more, leadership, whether it's profit or nonprofit, is about recruiting and keeping talented people. That's the biggest challenge. Yes, you've… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If leadership is about anything, it's about leading. Not leading people back to where they already are, because they don't need that.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Cutting taxes is not bad. But if you cut taxes on the wealthy, which is what they wanted to do, you're not… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When top executives get huge pay hikes at the same time as middle-level and hourly workers lose their jobs and retirement savings,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
More people are killed by stray bullets every day in America than have been killed by Ebola here. More are dying because… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We need a national infrastructure bank to rebuild our crumbling highways and water and sewer systems, thereby putting additional people back to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things is to get truthful people. Nobody can manage well if they don't have a lot of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Freedom is the one value conservatives place above all others, yet time and again, their ideal of freedom ignores the growing imbalance… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
We are creating a one size fits all system that needlessly brands many young people as failures, when they might thrive if… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
In entertainment, the technology began giving us greater choice and easier switching before almost any other area. The studios became much more… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the rest of the Ivy League are worthy institutions, to be sure, but they're not known for educating… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The world of politics is divided between people who are introverts - who lose a little bit of energy out of each… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone -… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to the moneyed… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Given that ever-broadening array of options and alternatives, as consumers and investors, we are often bewildered. We need guidance. That's where today's brands come… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I knew Hillary Clinton from undergraduate days and was enormously impressed with her. She was a terrific energy and enthusiasm, and a great organizer.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Community colleges are great bargains. They avoid the fancy amenities four-year liberal arts colleges need in order to lure the children of the middle… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
