Kurt Braunohler Quotes

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

If I have to tell a guy he's got something to do, I consider myself a failure as a manager.

When I first joined Google in October of 2005, I was warned that I shouldn't be offended if people were doing their e-mails while a meeting was going on.

Leaders receive and give assignments. This is an important part of the necessary principle of delegating. No one appreciates a willing volunteer more than I, but the total work cannot be done as the Lord wants it done merely by those doing the work who may be present at meetings.

Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence of rules - which it's not.

Take care of difficult calls or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating just makes it harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy.

While in high school, I worked part time at Subway, then at the front desk of the local YMCA, then at a tennis club, until I landed an unpaid internship at 'The Mountain View Voice,' my hometown newspaper.

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning.

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

No one in my writers' room can wear sweatpants.

I interned at 'Hamptons' magazine. I was 12. I walked around with a pad and was like, 'What do you guys want for lunch?' to all the people who worked there.

I never worked in an office in my life.

I was a mechanic at a go-cart place, a deejay at a roller rink, a telemarketer in New York, a grocery bagger.

There are lots of colleagues for whom I have a great deal of personal affection. But they’re not necessarily the people I go do to get something done.

A lot of the moments and experiences in 'Warcross' were inspired by specific moments that I remember as an intern working at Disney or having fun with my coworkers. A lot of it is very anecdotal.

Never, ever, ever show up to your office holiday party on time.

You have to assign specific tasks to everybody so you don't bump into each other and start arguing about silliness.

A lot of the companies I work with, they're not returning my calls or emails on weekends. So weekends are weekends for Ultimate.

When your manager asks you to play in a position, you have to do it.

You should be happy to spend ten to twelve hours a day wherever you work.

Your instinct when someone is busy is to give them the least amount of work so that they can do it.

When you come to work you're expected to be professional.

I was a bartender, a hot-dog vendor, a cook, sold magazine subscriptions.

A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.

The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.