Earl Wilson Quotes

When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.

You've got to develop relationships. You can't do things just in a formal context.

The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.

Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.

There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back.

The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis.

I rarely in a working day go more than 10 minutes without looking at Slack.

If the only reason people are coming in and doing anything in your office is because you're giving them a paycheck, I'm not sure you have the most productive workplace there.

Amazon deliberately provides cafeteria space for only a third of its employees, which encourages people to venture out of the office.

As our company has grown, how we configure and design our offices has been a crucial part of how we foster connection and collaboration throughout our teams.

I have made so many friends at Google it's not funny.

Distributed workforces are most likely to succeed if their culture is one that values and prioritizes face-to-face communications.

I always want there to be room for people to connect. That is so important, especially in an office.

The thing I enjoy the most about being the head coach is that I get to create the climate. I get to control the environment everybody comes to work in every day, and I'm very in tune to the chemistry, the morale of my staff, my support staff, my secretaries, the guy cleaning the building, the players, the walk-ons.

Mojang doesn't want to just have work relationships, they want social relationships between friends.

I enjoy the company and interaction of people at work.

He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.

Management by Walking Around

It seems like no one has friends in New York, they just have collaborators or co-workers.

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.

I like to have fun at work. It's okay if I don't. I've had that a few times. But generally, I'm someone who has a lot of fun at work, because I like my job. I think it's a fantastic job, at least that part of it is a fantastic job. And I like to have fun, and I personally feel that whether you're talking about the cast or the crew or the director or any combination thereof, that when people feel involved and comfortable and they feel like their work is being supported, that's the best environment to do good work.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another. And if that sounds touchy-feely, let me explain, because there is nothing soft about it. It is an absolutely critical part of building a team. In fact, it’s probably the most critical.

Seems Google management figured out it is cheaper, happier and more productive to take care of their employees and create a positive work environment than to burn them to a crisp, make them afraid of the future, and send them off into the highways and byways of California in search of a Taco Bell for lunch.

Open offices keep everyone in tune with what is going on and keep the energy up. If an employee is about privacy, show him or her how to use the lock on the bathroom.