Fred L. Turner Quotes

Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short term, but you will completely erode your business and your culture in the long term. You're going to lose all your good people. You're not going to have people tell you the truth, and it becomes the tradition.

So we have a commitment to the business and to its people.

It's kind of a weird process being pitched by the company you're already with.

Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees.

I want to leave this company in the best possible shape.

I would expect the family would continue to play a critical role in leading Fidelity. However, the company does not necessarily have to be run day-to-day by a family member. It will be run by the person who is determined to have the right skills and chemistry.

We would rather have our employees running our business.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

Opening new stores outside of Japan is important, but training our employees is even more important.

Fidelity does have a succession plan in place to ensure a smooth transition.

I moved back to Boston and joined some of my Harvard classmates at Bain & Co. I quickly realized I enjoyed business.

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.

I love this company. I don't know how it was selected. It's a bunch of machers. They mean business.

I really like it that they promote from within.

I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.

I like to work in a small team. There is only 18 of us on the design team. Nobody has ever left.

We are a company that promotes 100% within the company.

We are fortunate to have collectively built a culture that matters, a brand that matters, a business that matters. It is impossible to state in words how much this team means to me, how much Hulu means to me.

People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business.

I love working for Disney! They are my family.

So if I die, somebody else from the corporation will take over the business.

Companies like GE and Procter & Gamble have been in business for a long time. Over decades or a century you're bound to figure out a management structure that works.

Since most startups operate at a break-neck pace, with a concept to prove or a product to launch within a rapidly shortening runway of financing, company culture often gets shoved aside. This is a big, big mistake: Nobody serious about their business should put culture in the corner.

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.