Time Quote by Carol S. Dweck

While it may be tempting to bask fully in the glory of success, remember: When a CEO takes too much credit for the good,…

— Judy Smith

“The best CEOs I know all look for disruptions, interruptions, little risks, and existential risks and spend time mitigating them periodically. It’s not sexy…

— Sebastian Marshall

Deciding whether or not to bring in an outside CEO is one of the most gut-wrenching decisions that a founder will ever need to…

— David Cohen

Real leaders like Lee Iacocca see vast possibilities and sell their dreams to their companies, their employees, their funding sources, their government and their…

— Mark Victor Hansen

“Their CEO at the time remarked, ‘When you begin to take for granted that you can just execute, you become a little bit careless.’…

— Greg Thain

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

— Ben Horowitz

CEOs make hard decisions; sometimes, the least worst is the right one.

— Mark McKinnon

First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think…

— Charles Koch

Another thing I've observed is how critical the role of the CEO is when a technology truly is disruptive. In looking back on companies…

— Clayton Christensen

“CEO Gil Amelio stumbled. Ellison may have been baffled when Jobs insisted that he was not motivated by money, but it was partly true.…

— Walter Isaacson

As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.

— Tom Peters

Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you…

— Ben Horowitz