Felix Dennis Quotes

Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value - all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people.

A nation needs to know how to utilise talent.

I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent - people - who give us products to sell.

The best way to build the best workforce is to focus on the largest talent pool you have.

If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

Talent is our No.1 operating priority and our most important asset.

I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.

I'm a planner, and most networks don't plan. Bravo doesn't plan. Bravo is lucky in a lot of ways - they've got a lot of great talent, but at the same time, they don't nurture it. They lost 'Project Runway.'

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

What I learned at Miramax is that if you see where extraordinary creative talent can be brought into the family, move quickly, because if you don't, someone else will.

Someone asked me about what's it like managing 2.2 million associates, and I said, 'When they're Wal-Mart associates, it's not all that hard because of the quality and the depth of our talent.' I'm really proud of the fact that 70% of the managers in the U.S. started as hourly associates with our company.

This battle for global talent is so important.

A great advantage of a large corporation is supposed to be the large pool of talent in which its leaders can find and groom high achievers and successors.

Marvel is run by some very smart people, and they seem to pride themselves on the fact that they don't just find talent, they groom talent.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

LinkedIn is increasingly becoming a very strong place for companies to develop their talent plans, their recruitment plans, and so there are ways in which we can track some of the momentum there.

Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has.