When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
We'll have a sales leader go run engineering. A lawyer go run business development. A business development leader go run our consumer… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
It would surprise you how many government and business leaders with dyslexia. Some people view it as a weakness, and maybe it… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
