Employee Quotes - Page 18

• The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.

  Gary Hamel

  Real, Decision, Rebel

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• Bosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as "employee satisfaction results" - might improve.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Naps, Boss, Might

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.

  Naveen Jain

  Awards, Ideas, Giving

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• Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

  Mikhail Khodorkovsky

  Party, Views, Political

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• If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Agendas, Tables, Gains

  "The Business Case for Workplace Flexibility: How Employers and Employees Can 'Have it All'" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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• Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person, which he was. But he was in the pursuit of making people around him better, so the product they created would be better.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Jobs, Approval Rating, People

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• I wouldn't ask any of my employees to do anything I wouldn't do. And I work as hard, if not harder than the rest of the staff, to set an example. I also believe in giving my employees a lot of room to be creative and to express themselves.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Believe, Giving, Creative

  "Emeril Lagasse cooks up an empire from scratch" by Linda Childers, money.cnn.com. October 24, 2011.

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• I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Morning, Vacation, Office

  "Karl Lagerfeld On His Hair, Women In Thongs & The Last Time He Cried" by Hilary Moss, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2011.

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• The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

  Harvey Mackay

  Ideas, Suggestions, May

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• Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

  Harvey Mackay

  Mean, Skills, Judgment

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• Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Mean, Issues

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• If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Believe, Helping

  FaceBook post by Harvey Mackay from Jan 20, 2012

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• Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Curiosity, Attention

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• When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.

  Harvey Mackay

  Doe, Way, Reason

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• Greed has increasingly become a virtue among Wall Street bankers and corporate CEOs in the U.S. Nowhere else in the world do CEOs insist on receiving compensation as high compared to what their employees earn.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Wall, Greed, Receiving

  "Capitalism’s Seven Debtly Sins" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2011.

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• Ensure your employees understand what your brand stands for so they can be your first line of word-of-mouth advertising.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Mouths, Lines, Firsts

  Twitter post from Jan 03, 2016

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• Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Leadership, Style, Engagement

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• Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of our communities, and those who care about the environment.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Responsibility, Community, Who Cares

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• Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketplace.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Technology, Digital Revolution, Pace

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• Without question, CEOs, executives and employees in companies in the United States and around the world have rallied to face the challenge of a social media marketplace.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Media, Challenges, World

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• While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, Delay, Levels

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• Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you're doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review is: 'You're great!' No matter how talented the employee, think of ways he could grow towards the position he might want to hold two, five, or 10 years down the line.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Thinking, Years, Two

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• If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.

  Michael Moore

  Christian, Believe, Pregnancy

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• My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.

  Michael Moore

  Sick, Needs, Care

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• The Justice Department needs to investigate how Goldman Sachs was able to steer things in such a manner through their former employees in the Bush administration, so that in the end Goldman's competitors have disappeared and Goldman is left standing.

  Michael Moore

  Justice, Needs, Able

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