The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.
Interpretation
Successful hiring focuses on finding individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact.
Marc Benioff's quote emphasizes that the foundation of effective hiring lies in identifying candidates who are driven by a desire to enact change in the world. Such individuals often possess the motivation, vision, and work ethic necessary to contribute significantly to an organization's success and to inspire others in the process.
In practice
In a leadership workshop, I shared the quote to emphasize the importance of vision in team building.
Once you know what you want and what is important for you to achieve, also define the values associated with it. What is important? That is something a lot of entrepreneurs pass by too quickly. For us, the things that were important were, No. 1, customer success. Nothing is more important to us than making sure every customer is successful in our service.
I strongly believe the business of a business is to improve the world.
I don't look at business as a zero-sum game. I don't. I've never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.
Although I loved working on technology - I've always been a computer geek at heart - my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers.
The only constant in the technology industry is change.
The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where I can speak, we have to shift from shareholder maximization to stakeholder maximization.
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.
There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!
I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
Income is primarily determined by your philosophy, not by the economy
There are people who make things happen, there are people who_x000D_ watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what_x000D_ happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes_x000D_ things happen.
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