Eric Yuan Quotes

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.

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.

I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.

I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a day to day basis. Anyone that's good can't be stifled in any way. I don't baby people.

Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

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.

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

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.

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

We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.

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.

If you hire great people, and they're all self-motivated, then you can get by without a lot of structure.

And here's what management is: motivating people and putting them in places where they can succeed.

The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, 'Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.' I'm talking about everyone who works at Panda. They're inspired to better their own lives.

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.

Our company has to be a company that enables its people.

Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things.

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

It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.