“In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Se...” — Ricardo Semler Quote

“In life, we do not give employees enough leeway. If you look around Semco's office, there are plenty of empty desks. The question is - where are these people? I do not have the slightest idea, but I am not interested.”

“No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.”

“The key to management is to get rid of the managers.”

“There's so much we can do to reduce the size and scope of the two million federal employees, just by having a business mind-set.”

“Sharing information with employees makes them feel invested.”

“Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?”