Jeff Landry Quotes

The only hard-and-fast rules a Perot must operate under are getting a sound education; being honest and ethical in our business dealings; treating the people who work for us with respect and dignity; and, finally, a Perot cannot be afraid to take risks when appropriate.

I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.

I've got my own businesses I run every day and I like to think I'm a nurturer rather than a firer, but the reality is, if somebody continues not to succeed and do the right thing for the business they lose the job because they are affecting the livelihoods of others.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

I wasn’t hired to do well in the polls. I was hired to do a good job.

We mean to make little business big, and all business honest, instead of striving to make Big Business little, and yet letting it remain dishonest.

Business rests squarely on the law of service. It has for its main reliance truth and faith and justice …. It is one of the greatest contributing forces to the moral and spiritual enhancement of the race.

There are times when you earn your rather inadequate salary by just doing the right thing.

You have to make your company idiot-proof because you may have an idiot running it some day.

Trust and transparency, the great principles of the free market, are at stake here.

Doling out punishment constantly [to civil servants] would only cause them to have a mentality of 'the less one does, the fewer mistakes one makes’.

Leaders should not ask others to do what they will not do themselves.

I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.

I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don't just stand there like an oaf.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.

I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes than you do on your successes. And that's just how I am in real life. I don't want to let down my customers, my employees, my shareholders.

Well certain managers will see you make mistakes and they'll tell you about it and then they've told you once and if you do it again, then it's up to you.

Our core values and business ethics will always be paramount in all that we do, and we are always looking to do the right thing and settle claims fairly and accurately.

Just in terms of the demeanor and the approach and just making sure that I'm consistent in the way I do things - that is the biggest thing for me.