Summary Quotes

“If the people aren’t motivated, they don’t need to sign up for motivation training – they need a different job!”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“Why should people have to stick to a career choice they made as an unprepared and inexperienced adolescent?”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“Actively encourage dissent and original thinking”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“The key to better management in that case becomes to inspire your people, to trust them to do the right thing, and then get out of their way and let them get the job done. Counterintuitively, the less managers do, the better.”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“If the people aren’t motivated, they don’t need to sign up for motivation training – they need a different job! They might rotate to another position, go to work in a different office, participate more in project meetings or find another way to work for us on a part-time, commission or representative basis. We can adapt if they can.” – Ricardo Semler”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“Semco encourages all its employees to question and challenge everything the company does. By asking why things are done a specific way, everyone is encouraged to think rather than merely follow instructions.”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“There is a code of behavior which has grown in Western societies which says every available minute must be filled with productive activity. The accepted business model says long, hard hours are the price to be paid for success in the marketplace.”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book

“Semler achieved this not by attempting to be a dynamic corporate leader but by finding the right balance between work and personal life, not only for himself but also for his 3,000 employees.”
― BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Seven-Day Weekend: Review and Analysis of Semler's Book