Arash Ferdowsi Quotes

How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship.

We just want to have great people working for us.

One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'

I always encourage employees to feel free to raise any issues that prevent them from getting good work done.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

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

We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way.

It's no wonder that new ventures such as The Daily look first to Gawker Media when staffing up. We should not wait for a poaching expedition to pay someone what they deserve. I apologize if that has been the case and will do better in 2012.

The main way to reduce stress in the workplace is by picking the right people.

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.

You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good as its people. The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company's culture and propel you forward.

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently.

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.

As CEO of a big company, I have to be a kind of a champion of the interests of our people as insofar as their ability to do their job, to feel comfortable in their work environment, and to be able to fulfill their ambitions.

I have the best agents in the world.

The moment you design the post of a HR manager in the police, your whole outlook towards your team changes. You designate an official to look after their health, their professional needs, their preparedness and motivation, which in most cases becomes quintessential.

There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.

The employee relationships are important, investment in our people is important, and the ability to do work at multiple sites is important.

We've set this forever ambition to make WeWork the best place.

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.

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