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Ricardo Semler Quotes

The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life Picture Quote #1

I once worked it out - after $12 million, all millionaires are the same. That’s because we’re all humans, confined to human scale. How many homes can you live in? How many meals can you eat? You can have a living room the size of a cathedral, but you won’t live in it. It’s too big Picture Quote #1

People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and so hope that someone, somewhere in your organisation knows what we are doing and what the overall aim is Picture Quote #1

Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation Picture Quote #1

Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive Picture Quote #1

Growth and profit are a product of how people work together Picture Quote #1

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For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company’s, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee who puts himself first will be motivated to perform Picture Quote #1

To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow Picture Quote #1

If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, ‘What are the foremost tools of power?’ You will find that it is information Picture Quote #1

Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation Picture Quote #1

In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Semco’s office, there are plenty of empty desks. The question is - where are these people? I do not have the slightest idea, but I am not interested Picture Quote #1

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch Picture Quote #1

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The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees Picture Quote #1

If you are giving back, you took too much Picture Quote #1

The key to management is to get rid of the managers Picture Quote #1

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them Picture Quote #1

Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors Picture Quote #1

It is not socialist, as some of our critics contend. It isn’t purely capitalist, either. It is a new way. A third way. A more humane, trusting, productive, exhilarating, and, in every sense, rewarding way Picture Quote #1

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The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them Picture Quote #1

People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace? Picture Quote #1

If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules Picture Quote #1

I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It’s a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work Picture Quote #1

The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life Picture Quote #1

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees Picture Quote #1

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The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life. (Ricardo Semler Quotes) I once worked it out - after $12 million, all millionaires are the same. That’s because we’re all humans, confined to human scale. How many homes can you live in? How many meals can you eat? You can have a living room the size of a cathedral, but you won’t live in it. It’s too big (Ricardo Semler Quotes) People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and so hope that someone, somewhere in your organisation knows what we are doing and what the overall aim is (Ricardo Semler Quotes) Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation (Ricardo Semler Quotes) Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive (Ricardo Semler Quotes) Growth and profit are a product of how people work together (Ricardo Semler Quotes) For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company’s, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee who puts himself first will be motivated to perform (Ricardo Semler Quotes) To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow (Ricardo Semler Quotes) If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, ‘What are the foremost tools of power?’ You will find that it is information (Ricardo Semler Quotes) Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation. (Ricardo Semler Quotes) In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Semco’s office, there are plenty of empty desks. The question is - where are these people? I do not have the slightest idea, but I am not interested. (Ricardo Semler Quotes) The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch (Ricardo Semler Quotes) The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees (Ricardo Semler Quotes) If you are giving back, you took too much (Ricardo Semler Quotes) The key to management is to get rid of the managers (Ricardo Semler Quotes) We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them (Ricardo Semler Quotes) Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors (Ricardo Semler Quotes) It is not socialist, as some of our critics contend. It isn’t purely capitalist, either. It is a new way. A third way. A more humane, trusting, productive, exhilarating, and, in every sense, rewarding way (Ricardo Semler Quotes) The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them (Ricardo Semler Quotes) People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace? (Ricardo Semler Quotes) If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules (Ricardo Semler Quotes) I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It’s a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work (Ricardo Semler Quotes) The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life (Ricardo Semler Quotes) There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees (Ricardo Semler Quotes)