Quotes About Workplace

Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making between the two.

One thing I would say is that I think in any environment that you work in, there's always going to be one or two people who you don't like. But there just wasn't that on 'Games Of Thrones'. I know it sounds cheesy and cliched, but it was like a big family.

When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.

I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.

All of the men on my staff can type.

I have seen cabinet secretaries who type with two fingers.

The first thing the secretary types is the boss.

CEOs need to say, 'We're going to make sure this is a great environment for all types of people.' I was a beneficiary of that. I got support from the leaders of Google - all men.

I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.

When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own little world. But I don't really see a lot of difference. Of course, on the cable shows, you can tackle subjects and be more specific, because networks have to appeal to the masses, but that's constantly changing and evolving.

The UK's most forward-thinking employers already know they need to attract, retain and promote the best talent - both male and female.

Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen.

Just getting paid for six months out of the year is unacceptable in any kind of job.

At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a woman all day except to the secretaries. But I was almost totally unaware of myself as an oddity and had no comprehension of the difficulties faced by working women in our organization and elsewhere.

I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late.

My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.

Un quinto y último atributo del superjefe —y una extensión natural de la integridad— es la autenticidad. Muchos jefes cultivan una imagen para beneficio de sus informes. Mantienen una rienda corta sobre sus personalidades, guardándose su "verdadero" yo para cuando están fuera de la oficina. Los superjefes no hacen eso.

Sin importar si las oficinas de un superjefe están físicamente alejadas o no, la falta de jerarquía, las largas horas de trabajo y la búsqueda y fe compartidas en la visión del superjefe contribuyen a fortalecer una cultura de grupo.

He was like a huge smug albatross waddling around my desk, squawking vacuously and crapping all over my paperwork.

Sam O'Neill drew a deft little caricature of the two of us as Mulder and Scully (I still have it, somewhere) and Cassie stuck it to the side of her computer, next to a bumper sticker that said BAD COP! NO DOUGHNUT!

Most of the other employees have been through company collapses before, so while they're unhappy, for them this is just another episode of life in the software industry.

I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only Spanish-speaking. My rule was if someone came into the office needing something - I worked in HR at the time - they had to bring a Spanish word to teach me. That was the deal.

After a couple of years in a professional setting, you'll get used to dressing presentably, preparing for meetings, speaking appropriately, showing up on time, writing professional correspondence, etc.

The instant people specialize, it's in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.