Great Employee Quotes

• No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

  Jack Welch

  Inspiring, Leadership, Running

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• The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, Caring, Helping Others

  "How to Win by Throwing out the Traditional Hiring Playbook" by Sean McNamara, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 2014.

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.

  Douglas Conant

  Appreciation, Winning, Top Management

  Twitter post from Oct 03, 2015

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• Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Inspirational, Business, Believe

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• Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

  Lee Iacocca

  Leadership, Funny Inspirational, Communication

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• Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

  Sam Walton

  Appreciation, Appreciate, Team Building

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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• There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow...It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

  Jack Welch

  Running, Appreciation, Believe

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• On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.

  Marilyn C. Nelson

  Appreciation, People, Engagement

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• Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen,
  well-timed, sincere words of praise.
  They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

  Sam Walton

  Leadership, Appreciation, Team Building

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Life, Friendship, Thank You

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Leadership, Encouragement, Appreciation

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• Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.

  Denis Waitley

  Fathers Day, Work, Careers

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• Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition.

  Ben Horowitz

  Ambition, Important, Missions

  "Every Executive In Your Company Should Have This Kind Of Ambition" by Ben Horowitz, www.businessinsider.com. August 30, 2010.

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• Developing great employees attracts great customers.

  Ron Kaufman

  Service Culture, Employee, Customers

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• When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Chemistry, Employee

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• Having ideas and doing them - that's what entrepreneurship comes down to. That's something that makes you not just a great founder who I want to invest in, but also a great employee or someone I want to work with.

  Alexis Ohanian

  Ideas, Want, Entrepreneurship

  Source: thetartan.org

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• Because it's so empowering, I want people to think about being entrepreneurial regardless. They don't have to start companies, but that's what makes them great employees, that's what makes them great citizens.

  Alexis Ohanian

  Thinking, People, Empowering

  Source: thetartan.org

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• Before you can have great employees you have to put them in a position to create their own future.

  Garrison Wynn

  Employee, Position

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