Kathryn Minshew Quotes

Raising capital is not the toughest part. The toughest part is building a great team and making sure it's growing with the company.

The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team.

SK will evolve and develop based on its corporate culture and human resources.

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

Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.

The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.

CEOs who can hire properly, that's the most important part of the job. The CEO's job is really to hire the right team and execute the vision second.

We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the right people to be fast acting, and fast moving in the marketplace. We've got great leaders, and we continue to attract and promote great new leaders.

As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

Get the best people and train them well.

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

How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship.

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.

Few people would doubt that Mark Zuckerberg would build a great product. But I, at least, would never have expected him to become so great at hiring, motivating, managing, and ultimately getting whatever it is his company needs from people.

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.

The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players.

The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning.