Ricky Gervais Quotes

A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product

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

People really are our most important resource, and people who don't realize that and choose not to live that way, choose not to lead that way, are paying a price for that in many of our companies, many of our organizations.

The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good.

Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.

Someone asked me about what's it like managing 2.2 million associates, and I said, 'When they're Wal-Mart associates, it's not all that hard because of the quality and the depth of our talent.' I'm really proud of the fact that 70% of the managers in the U.S. started as hourly associates with our company.

Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.

You build a better company by building better people.

Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with.

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.

I used to think business was 50 percent having the right people. Now I think it's 80 percent.

A strong economy begins with a strong, well-educated workforce.

You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good as its people. The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company's culture and propel you forward.

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

This battle for global talent is so important.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.

Developing a good, healthy culture is extremely important at a startup. Culture reflects the essence of a startup's operation because it directly affects the success of a company's hiring practices and overall strategy.

Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable.

For a startup to overcome obstacles and succeed, it must foster limitless thinking. By hiring students into their first career job, you get to set their framework for how a company functions and instill them with your values for your company's culture.

Company culture is my number one priority. It's more important than the team, the product, the business model, or the investors. All of those things can be fixed and made better over time. But culture has to be established on Day 1.

To scale your business, you need to delegate responsibilities to others and establish a strong company culture.