Ronald Lauder Quotes

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

If you hire great people, and they're all self-motivated, then you can get by without a lot of structure.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Most people in an organization try very hard to do what the leadership wants them to do. That places a tremendous responsibility on leaders.

We would rather have our employees running our business.

As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose sight of is that it's all about the people who work for you. For every 1,000 decisions, 999 were being made when I was not in the room.

Do you have a real interest in people who work for you? Most good leaders have that - it's hard to get someone to follow you if they feel like you hate 'em.

If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently.

When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.

The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, 'Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.' I'm talking about everyone who works at Panda. They're inspired to better their own lives.

I strongly believe that you can't win in the marketplace unless you win first in the workplace. If you don't have a winning culture inside, it's hard to compete in the very tough world outside.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.

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.

The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that the company is theirs?

It's not a successful captain that makes a successful team.

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

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

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

We treat the management-to-workforce relationship as very important and will continue to invest in that relationship.