Sally Kirkland Quotes

If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.

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

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

Above all else, look around to employ the best talent you possibly can.

We hire people who are smarter than us.

I have the best agents in the world.

Managers live and die by their recruitment.

A personnel guy always wants to get his pick right. We live that every year. We want to make sure the pick is right.

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

An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.

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.

Time spent on hiring is time well spent.

Hiring's tough. It's not just filtering through hundreds of applications and blocking out big chunks of your day for interviews - those are the simple parts. The difficult thing is the nagging feeling that, despite your best efforts, the perfect candidate will somehow fall through the cracks.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

We just want to have great people working for us.

Successful companies hire people.

The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning.

We want to make the best television possible. We should be drawing on the entire available pool of storytellers and directors, and we should be expanding that pool and trying to hire the very, very, very best people. That's our job.

We just want to make sure the best candidates get the attention they deserve.

I've said many times that people are policy. And to be truly successful in any big organization you need to put people into jobs where they have relevant experience, relevant subject-matter expertise and the capacity to actually perform.

I'd like to build a superteam. I'd like the superteam to come to me.

Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value - all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

My background is around economics and finance; yet, of course, in professional services, talent is key. And for many of our clients, whatever the industry, they all are coming to me saying their No. 1 challenge is getting the right talent.

I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.