I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work,… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
