Kathryn Minshew Quotes

In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.

Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning.

That's really the biggest thing, being happy in an organization that supports you and helps you grow and a city that supports you and a training staff.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

I spent the first 18 years of my career at AT&T, and it was a wonderful place that kept me moving all the time. I mean, I started off as entry level a position as you can get at AT&T.

I enjoy my job. And I love the city of Chicago, and this organization - it gave me the start to my whole career.

Where people work and their environment is becoming more and more important, especially for millennials.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

I'm very grateful for the experience at NBC.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you're doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review is: 'You're great!' No matter how talented the employee, think of ways he could grow towards the position he might want to hold two, five, or 10 years down the line.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.

The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

When you want a raise, you're not only going in saying: 'I want more money.' You're going in and saying: 'Here's what I want out of my career. Here's what I accomplished. Here's what I said I was going to do. Here's what I've done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.'