John Grierson Quotes

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

Nobody likes a smart alec. Which is why it's always better for your career to be wrong and in company rather than right and on your own.

When employees join executives in truly owning the responsibility for business success, an exciting new sense of teamwork takes hold.

Chemistry's a word that people who make hires and decisions say, 'Hey, you guys go out and work on your chemistry!'

Something as simple as transparency is really scalable because it quickly impacts the culture. And the culture is something everyone feels. If upper management is really transparent with everyone, that has this amplifying effect. Then you tend to attract players who operate that way, on the same wavelength, and coaches and fans.

So much of this league is just about alignment. Who cares what you believe in, who cares what your culture is, can you get a group of people that are aligned?

I don't really believe in the idea of the individual.

I think culture is a big word for corporate character.

I think corporations and people are very different. People make corporations whatever it is that they're going to be.

For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that 'the right people' are the ones who have three virtues in common - humility, hunger, and people smarts.

We expect our employees to care about the community, the company, their teammates, customers, and themselves.

We live by our values at Levo. We began by surrounding ourselves with passionate, values-driven people who had their intentions in the right place, and learned that like attracted like.

The organization reflects the behavior and characteristics of the CEO, and that establishes the culture. Foster an environment of open communication, and the organization inherits a culture of open communication.

When I jumped ship from Roush Racing to Hendrick Motorsports, I couldn't believe the amount of personnel here that get along with each other. It's pretty amazing that there are so many people under one roof, where Roush is more spread out and it feels so different.

There's no secret about it: Every team does things differently. Seattle runs their program one way. New England runs it another way. Philly runs it another way.

I think Tesla doesn't sound like it has a very collaborative culture.

I think the team is always better than the individual player.

I think it's a requirement that the general manager and the coach are communicating with each other on a regular basis, and it's unacceptable if they're not.

The two main attributes of MindTree culture are high achievement orientation and high caring.

I think herd mentality is a good thing overall. Because if every sheep had to figure out the velocity of the wolf and their personal risk, that would take forever.

[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds.

Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry.

The fundamental keys to the culture of any organization can only be achieved when everyone is on the same page.