Adam Nowak

“First Who ... Then What. We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats—and then they figured out where to drive it. The old adage “People are your most important asset” turns out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people are.”
― James C. Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

“People, people, people are just people, people, people.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the wrong people. Worse, it can drive away the best people. Strong performers are intrinsically motivated by performance, and when they see their efforts impeded by carrying extra weight, they eventually become frustrated.”
― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't