Jon Taffer Quotes

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.

I have high expectations for the people who work for me. I figure that if they work really hard and do a good job on one of my campaigns or in my office, that experience will serve them well later on.

An employer would be a complete fool to let an image like college partying influence their hiring decisions.

The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

Once you stop thinking about the minutiae of what each part might mean for your career, you learn that if you do a good performance, it's going to be good for you. The work is what matters.

Accountability is a two way street. We can't just make it easier for us to fire people; we must make it easier for us to hire people. It takes VA an average of 240 days to complete the hiring process for executives joining VA from outside government. We are losing talented people because it simply takes too long.

Anybody can get a job, but what do you do when you have it?

I think many people grow on the job.

Most people work at keeping their job, rather than doing a good job. If you're the former, you're leading a meaningless life. If you're the latter, keep up the good work.

If I don't impress you in an interview then fine, but at least give me that chance. That's all I want; to talk to a chairman or owner about my philosophy and what I can do for their team.

My priority is to perform the job for which I am in the squad.

I don't tend to go into any job thinking about the audience reaction.

Whenever you can get a competitive, first-grade person to join your team, you never know what happens.

Just like any other job, you want a raise you've got to put in the work and you've got to show that you're deserving and what you bring to the table and all kinds of other stuff to show that you're worthy of so and so pay scale.

We have to hire, retain, and develop the best staff.

I say you're only as good as the people you work for.

I'd be in the wrong job if I had to stand in front of the mirror and push myself to go to work every day.

I'm just not very good at holding on to jobs.

I try not to think about it as much when I'm working, it's more just doing my job, but I realize I have more of a responsibility than probably your everyday analyst.

I am not able to think about this as a job, like work. It's 12 or 13 hours, but for me, it's not working.

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

Your job, what you do every day, I think it takes a high priority over anything. That was something I dedicated myself to throughout my career.

I don't think you've done something by getting a job. I think you've done something by proving you can succeed at that job.