If the CEO is not going to give you a fair chance, you're probably not going to win. — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance. — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
We are upgrading UEX to a Buy rating; new CEO Roger Lemaitre changes everything. — David Talbot Copy Share Image
When you take away all the people whose shoulders a CEO stands on, the CEO is just a person. — Howard Lutnick Copy Share Image
Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. — Marissa Mayer Copy Share Image
If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Because we weren't having success finding a CEO, our investors insisted that we hire these managers a temporary CEO and CFO. That… — Tim Brady Copy Share Image
Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I was first hired at Staples in 1992, by company founder Tom Stemberg and eventual CEO Ron Sargent, to be the first… — Shira Goodman Copy Share Image
President Obama, by the way, is, I think, making his first presidential European trip. And while he's there in Europe, he plans… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
For me, I may have titles like CEO, director or vice chairman but the best title for me is 'working mother.' — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
I've never isolated role models based on gender. I have more male role models due to the mere fact that I've done… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
The challenge CEOs will face three to five years from now is the same one that they face today. That is engagement.… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?'… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that… — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
If the CEO's behavior is 95 per cent healthy while the rest of the organization is only 50 per cent sound, it… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane.… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Until I came to IBM, I probably would have told you that culture was just one among several important elements in any… — Lou Gerstner Copy Share Image
Today, if the CEO thinks it's a good idea, it's done everywhere; if the CEO thinks it's a bad idea, it's done… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
After a long investigation the SEC has fined Halliburton $7.5 million for issuing fraudulent statements exaggerating their profits in 1998 and 1999… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“Pain has an odd way of expressing itself in the acts of business. No matter how many setbacks a leader might experience,… — Ken Goldstein Copy Share Image
The current CEO of Wal-Mart says he has "no choice" but to sacrifice the welfare of his employees in order to serve… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
Why is McDonalds still counting? How insecure is this company? 40 million, 80 billion million jillion killion tillion... who cares? Is anyone… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
The CEO of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, married one of the Enron secretaries this week. It's amazing how romantic these Enron guys can… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Aristotle turns out to be an extremely practical guide for those asking such personally profound questions, like: What should I do next… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the… — Larry Brilliant Copy Share Image
“I’m just saying that statistically, a psychopath is more likely to end up as a CEO than a serial killer.” — Jennifer Lynn Barnes Copy Share Image
