Ricardo Semler Quotes

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Instead of constantly talking about motivation, organizations should ensure that employees are occasionally delighted.

Companies think that they are modern because they have painted their walls in a bright colour or they allow people to bring their dogs to work. This is silly and millennial-washing. The idea is to bring in the mature generation and get them to mentor the co-work with the younger generation from a distance.

Everyone has a ‘reservoir of talent'. Intuition, interests and skills form the foundation of talents. These talents are indicators of your calling. The best way to ensure long-term job satisfaction is to act on that calling.

I believe the old way of doing business is dying, and the sooner it's dead and buried the better off we all will be.

Ways to combat stress, such as playing golf before a conference call or taking a break on the beach during inventory, are essential.

What makes Ricardo Semler all the more notable is the way he has put theory into practice. Many people have talked the talk of corporate democracy; his company walks the walk.

Semler is perhaps the best, low-profile CEO in business today – and Semco is no ordinary company.

The opposite of work is idleness. But very few of us know what to do with idleness. When you look at the way that we distribute our lives in general, you realize that in the periods in which we have a lot of money, we have very little time. And then when we finally have time, we have neither the money nor the health.