Quotes About Management

In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.

Automating some of your finances can be incredibly convenient and is a great way to save time, but automating everything makes it too easy to go on autopilot and forget to pay attention to your personal finances.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

It takes a special individual to be a coach to pay attention to all that bad stuff and keep people accountable.

You can't operate a business running at a loss, and particularly if you're doing it by paying yourselves. It just doesn't fly.

Pay your utilities, gas and other basic needs before paying on your debts.

I thought administration was the running of the office. The Xerox machine. Paying bills.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

Late payments also hurt your FICO score. And never, ever take out a cash advance on your credit card.

When you're setting up a budget, a general rule is to start with your fixed expenses - your housing and insurance payments, and car payment, if you own one.

I've got some kids out there; it's no secret. I've never been late on payments. I've handled it as best as I possibly can. There's no lawsuits. I try to stay on top of it.

I run a small company with 18 employees on its payroll.

At Wikinvest, which got renamed Sigfig, we were constantly just two or three months away from not being able to make payroll.

When we started Workday, we were originally very focused on the core HR system. Then we added payroll, and then we got into performance management.

Zenefits is basically a service that manages all of your payroll, benefits, and associated HR details that come along with those. Dealing with new employee onboarding, offer letters, and managing that - and we do it for free.

If you peek behind the curtain at any type of company, you'll see that things are far less organized than you'd expect.

And one thing about Mick Jagger is he keeps his eye very closely on not only where the dollars go but where the pennies go.

That's part of being an entrepreneur - you watch your pennies.

You watch the pennies, and the dollars take care of themselves.

When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.

The Pentagon should use data to guide financial decision-making.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business.