Ginni Rometty
Whenever you position something so that there’s going to be a winner and a loser, very rarely have I seen that be to anybody’s benefit.
Content: Quotation | Author: Ginni Rometty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Ginni Rometty
Resilience is the most important characteristic, along with curiosity, for any leader. It’s not exactly about what you know; it’s about those two dimensions. I think there are two ways to develop resilience: one is through the relationships you have… The second way is through your attitude.
Content: Quotation | Author: Ginni Rometty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Leadership
Ginni Rometty
Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness, because you’re acknowledging what you or the organization know or don’t know… It takes a strong person to do that, to ask for help. When people won’t ask for help when they need it, I get very nervous. To me, that’s a great sign of weakness.
Content: Quotation | Author: Ginni Rometty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Ginni Rometty
We’ve got to move the whole country to a skills-view, not just degree-view, of jobs, and then hire for that and reward for that. This accomplishes many things. First, as an employer, I need more people with the right skills. Second, there are so many people left out of economic opportunity. This brings more people back into our workforce.
Content: Quotation | Author: Ginni Rometty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Hiring, Human Resources