Jean-Philippe Courtois Quotes

To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.

It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

Employers need to recognize that the world has changed and there are people who would like to help them provide solution in ways that are new, modern and that add value to companies.

I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.

Creating a flexible working culture is about trust. How much can your employees rely on each other to get the job done without the benefit of supervision?

It makes things very easy when the people you are working for have trust and believe in you and actually really like and respect your work.

We should be actors rather than trying to be a lead; it will create a healthier atmosphere.

What I don't underestimate is everybody's deal is different and everybody's deal makes it difficult. And so it is incumbent upon employers to create flexible work environments that allow people to fulfill their professional and personal lives in a way that works for themselves.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

I think I can work with any type of actor.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

I always look at it that I work with my employees as opposed to them working for me.

And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you've got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

It's a job and we're going to work together for six months, so let's have a good time.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.

All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.

I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously.

If you have a workforce that enjoys each other, they trust each other, they trust management, they're proud of where they work - then they're going to deliver a good product.

I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

I may see a way I want to do something, and I understand when you have a team, everybody can't do their own thing. I'm willing to put my own agenda aside to do what's best for the team.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.