The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation explanation showing observation and supervision.

Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large not just shareholders but also employees the citizens of our communities and those who care about the environment.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then vacations are needed.

If there is such a thing as good leadership it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles to organizational structure to employee engagement to customer service an marketplace.