Ricardo Semler citáty
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Datum narození:1959
Ricardo Semler je brazilský podnikatel.
Citáty Ricardo Semler
„Profits must be judged as moral or immoral by how they are earned and how they are disposed. Without a new barometer, we are left with the old barometer—profit for its own sake, regardless of whether it is sustainable or ultimately ruinous. But over the course of a seven-day weekend when a reservoir of talent is tapped, a calling is found, a true, well-rounded definition of success is established, people may realize they’re working not for the money but literally working for and on themselves. And what a liberating realization that is.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„Exchanging the old boss for a new boss is not situational leadership. True situational leadership—flexible, effective, evolutionary—can only arise from self-management. And that means that situational leadership doesn’t change fundamentally with circumstances. It is always about giving up control.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„At Semco, you are what you do, not what or whom you control.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„Intuition, luck, mistakes, serendipity—there you have four vital business concepts that every manager should know.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„One good question and one good answer are services to all. A sure sign of a troubled company is one where employees don’t care enough to ask and, if that’s the case, they’ll never care enough to fully deploy their talent. Just as curiosity is an antidote to boredom and indifference, the informed are more likely to remain interested, engaged, and alive with purpose.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„But uncontrolled variables are what make dreams come true. If we change the way work works we can live the dream of work-life balance and sustainability.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„Even so, these symbols still cause quite a fuss. Thirty percent of all issues in organizations are what I call boarding school stuff: rewards and punishments, how to dress, what time to show up, how to address superiors, how to behave properly. Even worse, they include fodder for the “green-eyed monster,” jealousy, things like why somebody got a raise and somebody else didn’t, why she got the better client account, or why he was asked to join the board.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„On two occasions, the person I had chosen as airplane captain came through as environmental leader in this second exercise. These exercises reinforced my belief that leadership indeed depends on the situation. As circumstances change, leadership must change. A certain set of skills, instincts, and personality traits may be perfect today, but useless tomorrow.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„The stress-free workplace that is most productive is the one where workers respect each other’s differences.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„The acting CEO cannot be blamed or credited for the company’s performance, and that makes the system independent of the CEO. Blame or credit falls on each manager and employee. The CEO should be the quarterback, not God. In a sense, it makes us like Switzerland, where many citizens have a hard time remembering their President’s name. Solidarity comes as a consequence of collective action, and not from one personality.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„No one knows where this will lead, and what power sharing or cohabitation it will carve, but it will certainly bring us face-to-face with our own inconsistencies, and give our employees a chance to feel effectively empowered—with a strong voice. We should never be scared of our own people, whatever it is they have to say or demand—the result is always vastly superior to the ostrich approach of looking for subtle ways of keeping their demands subdued.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„Organizations rarely believe they’re to blame when an employee underperforms, but if the organization doesn’t provide the opportunity for success, it’s their fault when people falter.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„Another element of job satisfaction is stress, and stress levels are highest where balance is lowest. It often reflects the difference between expectation and reality. If an organization sets expectations too high and then fails to meet them, employee stress levels will obviously skyrocket. The carefully cultivated balance between individual aspirations and company goals will be upset. That’s less likely to happen if people can set their own expectations for themselves and for the company.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
„It’s the same with people. Purging dead wood inevitably creates another predicament. People soon find themselves working in a reign of terror, their creativity and conscientiousness smothered by fear. It prevents an organization from learning from its mistakes. Process is paramount to knowledge, and mistakes are powerful catalysts for the process.“
— Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works
