Employee Management Quotes

“Continuing to confuse career development with attaining specific positions will only limit the growth that both employees and organizations need.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“The work becomes the development. The development becomes the work.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“Development accelerates in the presence of difficulties that stretch people beyond where they are today.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“Confidence is the profound yet frequently overlooked dimension of development that boils down to trusting and appreciating one’s talents and abilities.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“The problem is that promotions are a small part of what makes up careers and career development.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“At its core, macromanagement is a development strategy that allows you to position others to learn more, do more, and be more.”
― Julie Winkle Giulioni, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Help Employees Thrive.

“Leadership requires kindness. If the people in positions of power in the company are cruel and mean to the other employees, it puts the whole company into a fear vibration. And that repels customers. Leaders should be stern, but kind; bold, but gracious.

At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're here to help your business figure this out, and to provide holistic solutions.

At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're here to help your business figure this out, and to provide holistic solutions.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“When employees see each other as teammates and encourage each other to do a better job, everyone in the company shares in the rewards.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Employees aren't inanimate objects that can just be moved around like bricks. They're people with emotions and goals and comittments and more. They should be treated like stakeholders, because they are.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Having a good company culture is even more important than policies and procedures. When there's a good company culture, employees will make good choices even in the absence of policies and procedures. But if there's a toxic company culture, employees will tend to make bad choices even if policies and procedures are well established.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“It is more important to look holistically at the root of why anyone would want to avoid work so badly that they’d game the system and leave the workforce altogether. When work is fulfilling, dignifying, respects our skills and nourishes our talents and souls, it becomes a pleasure not a burden; something we would look for not run away from.

[From “On the Great Resignation” published on CounterPunch on February 24, 2023]”
― Louis Yako

“A place where people are accepted for who they are, is where they think better, feel better, work better, and above all live better.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“An employee wronged is a company wronged.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“When every team is on a well-being journey, the entire organization will see gains.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Whether you are the CEO or a frontline manager, you play the same leadership role in creating a well-being culture on your team.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“To increase the likelihood of creating a well workplace culture, everyone needs to be rowing in the same direction.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Happiness, health, and work may exist together. In fact, when they do, it makes for a more resilient organization.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“A well-being culture is nothing short of an essential element of a successful organization.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Healthy cultures touch everyone—not just those who are already interested in improving their well-being.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Any leader who is serious about supporting their team and any organization that is serious about supporting their workforce need to shape and support a well-being culture.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“It’s hard to deliver high-quality results without adequate rest of both mind and body.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“If there is an unhealthy subculture in your workplace, you don't have to accept it as permanent.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“When a vision is inspirational, such as putting a man on the moon, it can unify a team toward a common goal.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Employee well-being needs to be held in high regard, like customer service and productivity.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Getting employee feedback on the well-being culture can be very helpful in assessing progress.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Healthy workplace cultures don't develop out of luck. A well-being culture in the workplace is the result of an intentional strategy, including the use of culture connection points.”
― Richard Safeer, A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce

“Countering 'quiet quitting' with 'quiet firing' is immature and vindictive, because it totally ignores the causes that got people to this point.

[From “On the Great Resignation” published on CounterPunch on February 24, 2023]”
― Louis Yako

“Employees are the heart of any company; nurturing their growth leads to a flourishing organization.”
― Dax Bamania

“An engaged workforce is a powerful force that can overcome any challenge.”
― Dax Bamania

“Employee satisfaction is not a destination; it's a journey that requires continuous effort and improvement.”
― Dax Bamania