Boss Quote by Mark Goulston

I work with CEOs and their executive teams... and very few of these people are really indifferent about their employees or their customers.

— Patrick Lencioni

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

— Yishan Wong

The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not…

— Gary Hamel

The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an annual report…

— Anonymous

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting…

— Jared Diamond

Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to…

— Srikumar Rao

Over time, many CEOs realize that being able to quickly and effectively confront conflict in their company is a leadership opportunity because people's respect…

— Mark Goulston

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

More often than not, CEOs are conflict-avoidant because their role is to define vision and strategy than it is to get into confrontations with…

— Mark Goulston

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or…

— Eli Broad

Most CEOs walk around the office like we own the place, without realizing that the place itself isn't worth owning: a business's value comes…

— Glenn Kelman

CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized,…

— Marcus Buckingham