Ceo Quotes - Page 14

• I feel like my job as CEO is always to be pushing people ahead.

  Larry Page

  Jobs, People, Pushing

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• I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws. It is tempting to believe that all mothers wake up feeling fresh every morning, never raise their voices, only cook with organic food, and are equally at ease with the CEO and the PTA.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Morning, Believe

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• The CEO's role in raising a company's corporate IQ is to establish an atmosphere that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.107, Hachette UK

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• My job is to find great ideas, exaggerate them, and spread them like hell around the business with the speed of light...And to put resources in to support them. Keep finding ideas. That's the job of just about all of our CEOs.

  Jack Welch

  Jobs, Light, Ideas

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• Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO Steve Case was no less a genius than Mark Zuckerberg.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Zuckerberg, Cds, Genius

  "Facebook hype will fade" by Douglas Rushkoff, www.cnn.com. January 7, 2011.

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• Now the guy that got to the top, the CEO, would obviously be stupid to have a number two guy who was a lot smarter than he is. So by definition, since he's a survivor and he got to the top and he isn't that brilliant, his number two guy is going to always be a little worse than he is. So, as time goes on, it's anti-Darwinism, the survival of the un- fittest.

  Carl Icahn

  Stupid, Two, Numbers

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• News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didn’t interfere with the flamethrower. “No queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.

  Rachel Caine

  Kings, Queens, America

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• Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Donald J. Trump (2004). “Trump: The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received”, p.20, Crown Business

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• The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Self Esteem

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• Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker. Today the CEO of Wal-Mart earns nine hundred times the wages of his average employee. Indeed, the wealth of the Wal-Mart founder's family in 2005 was estimated at about the same ($90 billion) as that of the bottom 40% of the US population: 120 million people.

  Tony Judt

  Home, Average, People

  Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.16, Penguin

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• Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

  Brian Tracy

  Teamwork, Money, Business

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• Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain.

  Ellen Page

  Religious, Pain, Leader

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008 Canadian CEO of the year, Frank DAngelo.

  Terence Corcoran

  Years, Giving, Gentleman

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• CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.

  Daniel Goleman

  Emotional, Intellect, Expertise

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.16, Bantam

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• The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the board to set one, it will usually end in disaster.

  Sam Altman

  Advice, Trying, Doe

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• I say, 'Get me some poets as managers.' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders." --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company

  Daniel H. Pink

  Running, Believe, Expression

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• By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Strong, Commitment, Differences

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• I raise money the old fashioned way, I go out and tell people what I think. And I say to them, "If you hire me, I'm a CEO, and I'll listen to you. But at the end of the day, I'm going to make the decision, something I've done throughout my whole career with, frankly, great success."

  Rick Santorum

  Thinking, Careers, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.

  Yishan Wong

  Cracks, Matter, Pressure

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• The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.

  Tim Ferriss

  New Year, Class, Years

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• I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

  Tim Cook

  Who I Am, Apples, Focused

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• American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Hero, People, Important

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• CEOs must master three essential attributes, realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and finding order in chaos. One's capacity in each determines their ability to cope with today's business environment.

  Justin Menkes

  Optimism, Purpose, Chaos

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.

  Mark Pincus

  Advice

  "Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile". Interview with Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2012.

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• My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

  Lee Myung-bak

  Jobs, Korea, Wife

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 18, 2008.

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