Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.
Assigning [White House staff] offices is more difficult than choosing the cabinet.
At every other workplace in the nation - even Mal-Mart! - workers are being laid off. But no one at any of the bloated government bureaucracies ever need fear receiving a pink slip. All 64,750 employees at the department of Health and Human Services are apparently absolutely crucial to the smooth functioning of the department.
Never hire anyone you can’t fire.
If you don't hire at least one or two people that are smarter than you are, then you're a terrible manager and I don't need you.
What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.
Choose the right employees and then set them loose.
The next big decision [of Donald Trump], chief of staff. And the two names talked about the most, Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus. Both allies, but they send quite a different message.
When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by the yard.
As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.
It's fairly common for new members of Congress to hire their former campaign managers onto their official staff.
Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
What Dino spent most of his time doing was hiring and firing new managers. Since he ditched William Tiero three-plus years ago, he just want through these poor guys like you go through a bag of M&M's when you've got your period. Consume, and on the the next.
What Donald Trump is trying to do is find his own team, figure out how he's going to do it. But we have to remember, he can hire and fire anybody else that he wants to do.
You'll have to hire people to expand your business. But it's a good discipline to really question if you need each and every hire.
I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible.
Every coach desires to bring in his own support staff.
I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you're going to be really panicked.
Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best people working for you.
I have never fired anyone or kept anyone because of ratings or because of entertainment. I keep the people that I think are the best.
Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration.
"The area in which the executive first encounters the challenge of strength is in staffing. The effective executive fills positions and promotes on the basis of what a man can do. He does not make staffing decisions to minimize weaknesses but to maximize strength."
