Wolfgang Puck Quotes

You'll have to hire people to expand your business. But it's a good discipline to really question if you need each and every hire.

To recruit staff, I traveled all over the country talking with people who had been working on one or another aspect of the atomic-energy enterprise and people in radar work, for example, and underwater sound, telling them about the job, the place that we are going to, and enlisting their enthusiasm.

We're really critical with the process of who we hire. But when you put great people in position, that's how you avoid any missteps.

Managers live and die by their recruitment.

Hiring people is like making friends. Pick good ones, and they'll enrich your life. Make bad choices, and they'll bring you down.

Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best people working for you.

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When you are ready to make your first hires, look for people who understand your passion, want to add to your ideas and can envision ways to make improvements.

I learned how to handle myself in the kitchen - where to stand and how to be out of people's way and how to function like a machine.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.

Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.

I spend a lot of time building teams at both businesses - both The Trump Organization and my own - and thinking about who to hire to supplement the team and allow us to best achieve our goals.

You know, if I've done anything right, it has been hiring the right people.

One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.

Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.

Hire the best people you can find. This was kind of easy in the early days of foursquare - we hired our friends who were really passionate about the stuff they were building. We have a superstar team not just because their resumes are so strong, but because they've been passionate, thinking about and tinkering in this space forever. Those are the people you want to surround yourself with.

I have a good eye for talent, and my talent performs the best.

No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!

The key to being a good manager or a good entrepreneur is to pick the right people. Pick the right people, and they'll make you look good.

Every job I've taken, I like to bring in some new faces.

I like a very clean kitchen, and when I'm cooking, I try to clean as I go.

The first thing you always do is seek out the best people that you can find for your organization. If you find the best people, you can basically go anywhere you want to go because they will take you there.

Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers.

In terms of challenges, I think finding the right people to maximize the chances the business will succeed is the hardest thing. You can crunch the numbers any way you want, but at the end of the day, you really need good employees and investors - and they aren't always easy to find.