“I think making sure our culture promotes telling the truth is incredibly important.”
"My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you'd want to be treated if you were in that situation. They're still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?"
- Mary Barra
Compassion
"Whatever you decide to do, do it with passion and all of the energy that you have."
- Mary Barra
Motivation
"If you do every job like you’re going to do it for the rest of your life, that’s when you get noticed."
- Mary Barra
Hard Work
"Failure is an opportunity to learn. Setbacks are inevitable. Learn from them, and come back stronger."
- Mary Barra
Resilience
"What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'"
- Mary Barra
Leadership
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity