“I'm sorry, is this really necessary? Really? A special meeting of the Board of Directors - as much as I love you all - questioning one of my hiring decisions? Did you bother to look up the definition of 'President' while you were skimming the dictionary?”— David Shore, Dr. Aaron Glassman, Richard Schiff, imdb.com
“Having firstrate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom about what and at what times.”— Warren Buffett, amazon.com
“Even at the greatest companies, there’s a gap between those who get the most stuff done and those who don’t get much done. You need to try and figure that out during an interview.”— Neil Roseman, firstround.com
“Don’t get me wrong: I’m loyal to every person I’ve hired. But my loyalty lies with the greater business, which means the hundreds of others whose jobs could be at stake if we have the wrong person in the wrong role. I know this sounds harsh, but it’s that level of objectivity that leaders need to ha…”— Sophia Amoruso, amazon.com
“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”— Tina Fey, amazon.com
“Which is more valuable, good ideas or good people? No matter whether I was talking to retired business executives or students, to high school principals or artists, when I asked for a show of hands , the audiences would be split 50-50. (Statisticians will tell you that when you get a perfect split l…”— Ed Catmull, amazon.com
“His agency was structured in the loosest possible way. He detested hierarchies. There were no department heads, and no job descriptions. The agency operated as a partnership, like a big law firm. When he offered me a job, he gave me no inkling what work he had in mind for me. Office boy? Copywriter?…”— David Ogilvy, amazon.com