14 Quotes by Judith McKenna

I really love being finance director.

It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.

The experience of seeing your entire team made redundant is eye-opening.

I work as long as I need to work to do what I need to do.

My philosophy has always been to do the job I do to the very best of my ability and to be myself within it.

You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions.

You might not get it right all the time, but you have to be genuine in your intent.

We realized quickly that wages are only one part of it, that what also matters are the schedules we give people, the hours that they work, the training we give them, the opportunities you provide them. What you've got to do is not just fix one part, but get all of these things moving together.

You don't try to have the very lowest cost of an asset. You try to have the right asset. So rather than thinking about the lowest cost, the question is how do you get the best productivity.