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born 1959 Brazil
Ricardo Semler (born 1959 in São Paulo) is the CEO and majority owner of Semco Partners. Semler assumed ownership of Semler & Company (known as Semco) from his father in 1980.
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Ways to combat stress, such as playing golf before a conference call or taking a break on the beach during inventory, are essential.
The Seven-Day Weekend (2004)
I believe the old way of doing business is dying, and the sooner it's dead and buried the better off we all will be.
The Seven-Day Weekend (2004)
Instead of constantly talking about motivation, organizations should ensure that employees are occasionally delighted.
The Seven-Day Weekend (2004)
One, the people in charge wanting to give up control. This tends to eliminate some 80 percent of businesspeople. Two, a profound belief that humankind will work toward its best version, given freedom; that would eliminate the other 20 percent.
Everyone has a ‘reservoir of talent'. Intuition, interests and skills form the foundation of talents. These talents are indicators of your calling. The best way to ensure long-term job satisfaction is to act on that calling.
The Seven-Day Weekend (2004)
Companies think that they are modern because they have painted their walls in a bright colour or they allow people to bring their dogs to work. This is silly and millennial-washing. The idea is to bring in the mature generation and get them to mentor the co-work with the younger generation from a distance.
And so, what we've done all of these years is very simple, is use the little tool, which is ask three whys in a row. Because the first why you always have a good answer for. The second why, it starts getting difficult. By the third why, you don't really know why you're doing what you're doing.
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