“ People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace? Ricardo Semler
“ Now Semco employees are free to customize their workdays, to come in earlier or later than traditional schedules. The hours they work are determined by their self-interest, not by company dictates. Th… Ricardo Semler
“ But uncontrolled variables are what make dreams come true. If we change the way work works we can live the dream of work-life balance and sustainability. Ricardo Semler
“ The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life. Ricardo Semler
“ Intuition, luck, mistakes, serendipity—there you have four vital business concepts that every manager should know. Ricardo Semler
“ Profits must be judged as moral or immoral by how they are earned and how they are disposed. Without a new barometer, we are left with the old barometer—profit for its own sake, regardless of whether… Ricardo Semler
“ Ou seja, total capitulação da empresa à força da greve. A empresa começa com cara de Rambo e termina com jeitinho de Clodovil. Ricardo Semler
“ Exchanging the old boss for a new boss is not situational leadership. True situational leadership—flexible, effective, evolutionary—can only arise from self-management. And that means that situational… Ricardo Semler
“ The acting CEO cannot be blamed or credited for the company’s performance, and that makes the system independent of the CEO. Blame or credit falls on each manager and employee. The CEO should be the q… Ricardo Semler
“ The stress-free workplace that is most productive is the one where workers respect each other’s differences. Ricardo Semler
“ On two occasions, the person I had chosen as airplane captain came through as environmental leader in this second exercise. These exercises reinforced my belief that leadership indeed depends on the s… Ricardo Semler
“ Even so, these symbols still cause quite a fuss. Thirty percent of all issues in organizations are what I call boarding school stuff: rewards and punishments, how to dress, what time to show up, how t… Ricardo Semler
“ One good question and one good answer are services to all. A sure sign of a troubled company is one where employees don’t care enough to ask and, if that’s the case, they’ll never care enough to fully… Ricardo Semler
“ Companies hoping to recruit the best and the brightest must demonstrate that they trust their employees with the freedom to work anywhere. They must assume that they’re buying talent and dedication, n… Ricardo Semler
“ The second error is the assumption that business or the work environment is the only tribal affiliation people have. By sheer proximity, the workplace tribe may seem to dwarf all the others, but anyon… Ricardo Semler
