--- title: "4 Vineet Nayar Quotes - Famous Manager (Employees first, customers second)" description: "Vineet Nayar is an Indian businessperson, author, and philanthropist. Browse 4 Vineet Nayar quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vineet-nayar-93804.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Vineet Nayar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vineet-nayar-93804.jpg) # Vineet Nayar (1962) Manager India **4** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Vineet Nayar is a manager from India, best known for *Employees first, customers second*. ## Quick Facts About Vineet Nayar Born January 1, 1962 Nationality India Profession Manager Notable works Employees first, customers second ## About Vineet Nayar Vineet Nayar is an Indian businessperson, author, and philanthropist. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of HCL Technologies from 2007 to 2013 and is currently the founder and chairman of the Sampark Foundation, a non-profit organization he established in 2005. Nayar is also the author of the best-selling book, Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2010. ## Quotes by Vineet Nayar > [“The role of the CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vineet-nayar/the-role-of-the-ceo-is-to-enable-people-to-excel-help-them-discover/) [Vineet Nayar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-nayar/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/vineet-nayar-68301_change_the-role-of-the-ceo-is-to-enable-people_279153.jpg) > [If you are not trying new ways every single day in your company, you will not get to your optimal point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vineet-nayar/if-you-are-not-trying-new-ways-every-single-day-in-your-company-you/) [Vineet Nayar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-nayar/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/vineet-nayar-68301_business_if-you-are-not-trying-new-ways-every-sin_1202258.jpg) > [Unless the company becomes obsessed with constant change for the better, gradual change for the worse usually goes unnoticed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vineet-nayar/unless-the-company-becomes-obsessed-with-constant-change-for-the/) [Vineet Nayar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-nayar/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/vineet-nayar-68301_business_unless-the-company-becomes-obsessed-with_2485967.jpg) > [The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vineet-nayar/the-first-step-of-any-communication-is-honest-consistent-intentions/) [Vineet Nayar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-nayar/) [Communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/vineet-nayar-68301_communicate_the-first-step-of-any-communication-is-h_3216811.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vineet-nayar/#itemlist", "name": "Vineet Nayar Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The role of the CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for making change. 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