Workplace Responsibility Quotes

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.

Remember someone is going to be out, so don’t make it you.

The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.

One's first responsible job is the great revealer - far more than school.

Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!

I just want to do my job.

You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.

I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the floor eating cakes.

You cannot criticize a man for going to work. You really cannot.

I am fully on board with the Wellness Policy. Even after being suspended by it, I'm fully on board with it. I think it's really keeping people healthy in general.

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

If you can't handle some of the basic stuff that's become a problem in the workforce today, then you don't belong in the workforce.

My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.

Whatever it is, you have to show up for the job, and power through.

We had a lot to do with Randy being fired. If we were to do a lot better, then it probably wouldn't have happened.

My priority is what the manager wants me to do.