Patrick Lencioni Quotes

Our enduring values as a company are the most important of our mission and purpose.

It doesn't matter what's written on a coffee mug or on a 'culture' slide; what you do as a CEO, day in and day out, and how you behave will define your company's culture.

We've created a tenfold core value protocol to make sure that we don't fall into an 'empire' attitude.

At Under Armour, we've created a very strong culture, a culture that first and foremost is built on people.

A lot of companies have nice-sounding cultural values like integrity, respect, and excellence, but if those values don't map to specific behaviors, then they quickly get lost. Instead, we see what's called a 'halo effect' where leaders tend to overvalue certain attributes and undervalue others.

We live by our values at Levo. We began by surrounding ourselves with passionate, values-driven people who had their intentions in the right place, and learned that like attracted like.

When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.

Startups need to focus on building a foundation for their company culture early, and then they need to revisit it often. Every time a hire is made, a feature is launched, a Facebook status is updated, a press interview is given, a round of financing is raised, or a meeting is held, culture should be part of the decision-making process.

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.

Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it.

Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution.

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

When we start a new store, we make sure that we transfer enough starter culture from other stores that are already Whole Fooders, who've already incorporated our values and our culture within themselves into the... into the store.

Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.

Many companies claim they have core values, but typically what they're referring to are generic beliefs: having integrity, making a profit, responding to customers and so on. These values only have meaning when they're defined in terms of how people behave and are ranked to set priorities.

Command-and-control isn't the kind of corporate culture people want to be in anymore.

We've always operated on the thesis that a company can have a personality, that people can be themselves, and be very successful in business at the same time.

Engagement and integrity are the two most fundamental aspects of building trust; lead from the front by evolving your company strategy, then live your values every day.

I believe there's good in every organization.

One of Rent the Runway's core values is 'Trust in Everyone's Best of Intentions.' We trust our team.

The people inside the company are the people who define GE, not the people outside the company.

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.

Be fair in all your dealings, may it be in your family or in your business. At the end of it all, what matters is not how much money you make but how honest you are.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.