Horst Schulze
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The employees insisted on it.
So what did he do?
What did he really do?
And that's what I'm appealing to every work, every boss.
He offered them to be part of something.
Even Aristotle said, you cannot be fulfilled in life unless you have purpose and belonging.
Why wouldn't we offer that to our employees?
That is really my number one point.
Offer them purpose, offer them belonging.
Don't make them chairs.
My maitre d', the first one, remember the one?
When I left there after three and a half years, he said, come here, look me in the eyes, promise me you never go to work.
Promise me not to become a chair.
When I'm leaving, three and a half years later, when I was 17.
Promise me you don't become a chair.
Because if you just go to work for the functions that you fulfill, you're a chair, you're fulfilling a function.
You have to have a high intent.
The high intent is excellence in what you're doing.
Environment of belonging and purpose.