Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones. — Don Meyer
Employee Quotes
Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better. — W. Edwards Deming
Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me? — Lou Holtz
Don't work for recognition but do work that is worthy of recognition.
Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners. — Fred A. Allen
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. — Thomas J. Peters
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees. — Ingvar Kamprad
97 percent of the people who quit too soon are employed by the 3 percent who never gave up.
A talented entrepreneur with bad habits eventually becomes an employee. An average employee with great habits can eventually become a great entrepreneur. — Patrick Bet-David
Our conviction at BlackRock is that companies perform better when they are deliberate about their role in society and act in the interests of their employees, customers, communities, and their shareholders. — Larry Fink
When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. — Simon Sinek
No relationship has been changed more by the pandemic than the one between employers and employees. — Larry Fink
Recognition Quotes
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues. — Abraham Maslow
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan
Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.
Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding. — Peter Brook
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them. — Lao Tzu
Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
People will work for a living but they'll die for recognition.
Even if death were to fall upon you today like lightning, you must be ready to die without sadness and regret, without any residue of clinging for what is left behind. Remaining in the recognition of the absolute view, you should leave this life like an eagle soaring up into the blue sky. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis. — W. Edwards Deming
Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies. — Arthur W. Pink
Good Employee Quotes
The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. — Aristotle
Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news. — Bill Gates
We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us. — Jamie Dimon
Be nice to geeks, you'll probably end up working for one.
I was a terrible employee. I've been fired from almost every job I've ever had, luckily, in a good way, or else I'd be stuck. I would always joke around with everybody, and no one enjoyed my humor. — Anthony Jeselnik
If there’s an employee who looks good on paper, but doesn’t reflect the company’s values, I should let them go sooner rather than later. — Cliff Lerner
I'm lucky that my restaurant partners are my wife Liz and Doug Petkovic. We opened our first restaurant over 15 years ago. And we didn't open up our second restaurant for almost ten years. So that gave us a good foundation of employees. — Michael Symon
Give recognition and you will usually get some. Getting recognition is a need few can resist and even fewer can do without.
Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules — Unknown
I only wanted to be a good employee who generated as much profit as possible for his employer. I was merely a small cog in the machine - and now I'm suddenly supposedly the main person responsible for the financial crisis. — Jerome Kerviel
It is very rewarding when you see your employees happy and excited about the success of the company. When you introduce something new, a product in the world that gets really high marks and everyone loves using it and raves about it. You will feel very good about it. — Anousheh Ansari
I was a hostess in a restaurant in New York when I was 21, and I was too good of an employee. I was putting most of my energy into that instead of acting. But my father told my sister and me to look at whatever needed to be done and do that job well, no matter what it was. — Emily Deschanel
New Employees Quotes
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. — Harold Hook
We also started asking all new employees to build an app using Twilio—not just the developers, everybody. — Jeff Lawson
I don't think JetBlue has a better chance of being profitable than 100 other predecessors with new airplanes, new employees, low fares, all touchy-feely ... all of them are losers. Most of these guys are smoking ragweed. — Gordon Bethune
Only to bureaucrats can the idea occur that establishing new offices, promulgating new decrees, and increasing the number of government employees alone can be described as positive and beneficial measures. — Ludwig von Mises
The world has changed, and it's almost been 11 years. I have 975 employees. I have six restaurants. We haven't opened any new ones in almost three years. — Emeril Lagasse
Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill. — Norm Dicks
Just as important, we need a new dedication to opening avenues for employee participation and motivation through profit-sharing and innovative programs of job enrichment. — Charles H. Percy
New Rule: All Fox News employees must now refer to President Bush as "my liege". If they are going to treat President Bush like he's an infallible king, they need to start addressing him as if he was an infallible king. And they can do this by addressing him as "my liege". — Bill Maher
On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees. — Marc Andreessen
Onboarding – How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time — George Bradt
Massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it. — Spencer Tracy
To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace. — Douglas Conant
The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves. — Susan RoAne
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
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. — Mother Teresa
Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. — Stephen Covey
When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way. — Alan Loy McGinnis
Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work. — Tom Rath
Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself. — Marianne Williamson
Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company. — Zig Ziglar
Recognition is powerful, as long as it's authentic and specific. Whatever their level on the inverted pyramid, employees wants to feel needed and valued. — Robert Spector
A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results. — Simon Sinek
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