“I see these conferences as a good way to have a break from the day-to-day, learn about some new tech, polish up on some old skills and hopefully have some fun also. They're also good as they show my company is prepared to invest in my skillset.” WayShowsFunCompanyBreakSkillsPreparedHopefullyDay To DayConferencesPolishGood Way Author:Rob Mills
“There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.” CountryLevelsCompanyExampleCreationSourceSkillsImportanceFundamentalsStrategyEfficiencyAdoptingCompetitivenessOpen Source Author:Mark Shuttleworth
“Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but its the same skills.” WayCountryCompanyIssuesSkillsComplicated Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role.” PeopleWayJobsPassionChanceCompanyStepsRolesSkillsMessagesTake A ChanceEvery StepLeadership SkillsLeadership Roles Author:Richard Branson
“This world is changing enormously. In any position in a company you need to work very hard on learning new skills every day, but you also need to unlearn some of the old skills from the past.” WorldNeedsHardPastCompanyPositionThis WorldSkillsUnlearnLearning NewNew SkillsLearning New Skills Author:Paul Polman
“dealing with a counter clerk at the phone company who had all the customer service skills of a homicidal sociopath on work release.” CompanySkillsPhonesCustomersReleaseBureaucracySociopathClerksHomicidal Book:The Conspiracy Source: The Conspiracy
“A constant tension exists between an individual's interests, personal needs, and skills, and what the organization requires of her. We've all asked ourselves, How much of my own agenda should I sacrifice in order to help the rest of the staff meet the company's goals?” NeedsShouldHelpingOrderIndividualGoalInterestMy OwnCompanySacrificeSkillsOrganizationConstantTensionAgendasShould IStaffPersonal Needs Author:Pat Heim
“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.” NeedsHomeStrongCompanySkillsSizeCombinationTargetSearsLowes Author:Edward Lampert
“In 2009, designer Tina Tangalakis went on a volunteer trip to Ghana and instantly fell in love with the country and its people. It was from that trip that Della was born, a company that provides jobs, education, and skills training to women in Ghana.” PeopleCountryJobsBornCompanySkillsTrainingDesignerVolunteerGhanaSkills Training Author:Amanda Hearst
“A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.” RunningCompanySkillsConstructionNailsHammersConstruction Company Author:Warren Farrell
“I believe that everybody was born with a kind of uniqueness. There is never going to be somebody else with the same DNA as you, with the same experiences. There is something that you were meant to do as an individual. You have some kind of creative skill. It can either be creating your own business in some level, being a writer, an artist, whatever, or it can even be working within a company, but from within that company you're creating something.” BelieveKindArtistIndividualI BelieveBornLevelsCompanyCreativeSkillsCreatingUniquenessDnaOwn BusinessCreating Something Author:Robert Greene
“Our father has an even more important function than modeling manhood for us. He is also the authority to let us relax the requirements of the masculine model: if our father accepts us, then that declares us masculine enough to join the company of men. We, in effect, have our diploma in masculinity and can go on to develop other skills.” IfsMenImportantEnoughFatherCompanyAcceptingEffectsGoes OnSkillsAuthorityModelsFunctionRelaxRequirementsManhoodMasculinityMasculineModelingOur FatherDiploma Author:Frank Pittman
“Alone? Is he alone at whose right side rides Courage, with Skill within the cockpit and faith upon the left? Does solitude surround the brave when Adventure leads the way and Ambition reads the dials? Is there no company with him, for whom the air is cleft by Daring and the darkness made light by Emprise?” WayDoeMadeSoulLightLeftSidesCompanyDarknessAirAdventureSolitudeSkillsAmbitionBraveSurroundDaringCockpit Author:Charles Lindbergh
“I'm also really fulfilled by having a production company and producing movies, and learning about how that works and happens. It's a totally, entirely separate skill set and it's one that I happen to also enjoy. So, I intend to cultivate all of those things until I can't anymore. That's my goal. I love to be challenged and busy, and so far, so good. I'm just going to do whatever I can to continue to encourage that.” I CanHappensEnjoyGoalCompanySkillsBusyProductionsFulfilledProducing Movies Author:Zachary Quinto
“Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy and will be a key force in guiding the company's future growth.” PeopleInspirationalMindGuyStrongForceGrowthCompanyLeaderKeysSkillsTerrificStrategicOutstandingVisionariesBusiness LeadersPeople SkillsFuture Growth Author:Jack Welch
“It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company.” CompanySucceedSkillsFortuneValuable Author:Guy Kawasaki
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“Competitiveness is defined as the ability of companies to compete while maintaining or improving the average standard of living. If you are cutting wages to become more competitive, that's not really more competitive. It's raising the skill and the efficiency of those workers so that they can support and sustain that higher wage.” IfsAbilityCompanySupportCuttingHigherSkillsStandardsWorkersAverageDefinedEfficiencyImprovingWagesMaintainingStandards Of LivingCompetitiveness Author:Michael Porter
“In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.” PeopleCharacterCompanyGreaterSkillsWeightEducationalPracticalsBackgroundsAttributesGreat CompanyGood To GreatWork ExperienceEducational BackgroundPractical Skills Author:James C. Collins
“I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.” EnergyWaterChallengesMy OwnCompanySuccessfulFocusMoonSkillsAreasEntrepreneurCleanSolveMy TimeHealthcareFundingClean WaterSuccessful Company Author:Naveen Jain
“This investment will provide capital to help high-potential start-up companies transition from product development to market entry, while also providing skills training to help them position themselves to be more attractive to investors and commercial partners. We are pleased to support the entrepreneurial community in southern Ontario and contribute to economic growth and job creation.” HelpingJobsGrowthCommunityCompanySupportEconomicCreationPositionProductsDevelopmentSkillsTrainingInvestmentPartnersAttractiveTransitionSouthernInvestorsProvidingEconomic GrowthEntrepreneurialEntryJob CreationOntarioProduct DevelopmentSkills Training Author:Gary Goodyear
“Technology isn't simply addictive - it's addictive because it's a servant to business incentives. There are huge departments in these companies that are devoted to this and staffed by incredibly talented people who have skills that could be put to socially beneficial projects but who are now trying to find out how to make you click and how to maximize your time on a certain site, or encourage teenagers to "friend" more products and constantly engage with them.” PeopleTryingCertainCompanyTechnologyProductsHugeSkillsProjectsTeenagerServantDepartmentDevotedSiteIncentivesBeneficialClicks Author:Astra Taylor
“And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical skill.” RealCompanySkillsDemandStandardsPuppetsHigh StandardsTechnical Skills Author:Brian Henson
“My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.” PersonsSaidRealJobsMotherValuesFatherCompanyTalentColorPeriodsSkillsFemalePaidBlindMalesGenderExecutivesBest PersonReal Knowledge Author:Ivanka Trump
“Those negatively affected by globalization, those who are losing their jobs, and losing their skills, people out of training, must be looked after. Governments must establish policies, and governments and companies must actually address that issue, so that those who lose out from globalization can be retrained, recycled, re-established, cared for.” PeopleGovernmentJobsLosesCompanyIssuesPolicySkillsLosingTrainingAddressesAffectedGlobalizationRecycled Author:Christine Lagarde
“It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to do things that might not be fully rational (invest in the company, join something that is likely to fail, try a product they've never seen before), and if you can't tell a good story it is just very hard to make that happen.” PeopleIfsTryingHardStoriesMightHappensAbleCompanyFailingProductsSkillsRationalConvinceGood StoryInnovators Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Obviously solving the education problem is big and complex, and there's already so many failings, but coding is the new fluency. This is the most valuable skill of this century. If you want to be a founder of a company, and not even just a tech company, but like a founder of a company, because I'm telling you software is going to play a role.” IfsWantPlayProblemBigsCompanyRolesFailingCenturySkillsComplexesValuableSoftwareFoundersFluency Author:Alexis Ohanian
“Not everyone is going to end up being a founder of a company, but the skill of being entrepreneurial, having ideas and going through with them - that skill is so important. Everyone should be imbued with it. Because once you have that, once your brain has been wired for that, all these problems, obstacles, all these things start looking like things you can hack.” ShouldHas BeensImportantIdeasEndsProblemBrainCompanySkillsObstaclesFoundersEntrepreneurialHacks Author:Alexis Ohanian
“Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.” IfsWayDoneCompanyImagineProductsSkillsManagementFinancialFundEquityAdequateMortgagePensionEndowmentFinancial Services Author:Eliot Spitzer