If people think I’m just the boss’s daughter, they’re deceived.
IVANKA TRUMPWorking in a family business, which obviously The Trump Organization is, is an incredible thing, but it’s complicated. It’s complex.
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Hiring great people is almost the most important thing you can do as a leader because they enable you to scale, and they create better leverage for you and your time.
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It’s important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times.
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Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.
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It’s always a huge red flag for me when somebody’s reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.
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Traditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It’s a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.
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I don’t have a strategy. I am my own person. So if people disagree with the opinion of my father and want to dislike me because I’m his daughter, then I’m probably not going to be able to discourage them from that.
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If there’s one single thing that I do every single time, it’s require references and, ideally, at least one reference from every company they’ve worked at.
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I make money because I have to pay for everything apart from my school fees. My mother even makes me pay my own telephone bill.
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A scale is only in balance for a brief second. Inevitably the pendulum swings. It’s impossible to maintain.
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In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do.
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I am very proud of my father and what he’s accomplished. It is amazing.
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All great hotels should have stellar personalized service, a unique design that gives guests a sense of place, an excellent on-site restaurant, and other fantastic amenities. Obviously location is a key factor as well.
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I’ve never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made very clear to me that things wouldn’t just be given to me.
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People underestimate me, and that’s fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.
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We’re in a very unique time where noise equals, in a lot of people’s perception, advocacy. And I fundamentally disagree with that.
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