Tom Golisano Quotes

No matter what the figures are in the workplace in terms of wages, you either feel a valued member of your staff, or you don't.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

We must make working life more human.

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies.

I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the time.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

I don't have an office. I sit in a cubicle with everybody else. That's partly so no one can ask for an office, which in a fast-growing company isn't practical. But it's also so I can keep my finger on the pulse of how people are feeling.

The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.

If people feel like the boss doesn't respect them, they don't stretch for the boss.

How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.

I can never go back to a workspace where there's no dignity.

When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.

I've fired quite a few, but I've never had an employee quit on me.

I will stay in Impact as long as the fans want me there. They were so happy to have me there and treated me with a lot of respect. The office, talent, and staff are treated with respect by everyone, regardless of your position in the business.

It doesn't matter if you're delivering pizza or the president of a company, you still deserve to be treated well, and with dignity. Not everybody feels that way, unfortunately, and I experienced that first hand.

If you want a successful business, your people must feel that you are working for them - not that they are working for you.

Management by Walking Around

Members of the workforce must feel valued.

If your employees are not happy, nothing else at your company will go well.

There are very few people who work for me who are afraid to tell me what I don't want to hear.

At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.

The last thing I'd ever want to see is another manager being sacked. I certainly don't like the phrase 'sacking season.'

When I jumped ship from Roush Racing to Hendrick Motorsports, I couldn't believe the amount of personnel here that get along with each other. It's pretty amazing that there are so many people under one roof, where Roush is more spread out and it feels so different.

Our philosophy at Zoom is to create a company that promotes self-motivation. I have told our managers not to spend too much time motivating employees. You have to create an environment where employees can motivate themselves. That is really important because self-motivation is more sustainable.

Where people work and their environment is becoming more and more important, especially for millennials.