Boards Quote by Richard L. Hughes Robert C. Ginnett Gordy J. Curphy

The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the…

— Sam Altman

I'm in a different position than most CEO's. I'm a founder. I'm not a hired CEO. Now, I can be fired by the board,…

— Howard Schultz

“A CEO is a board of directors personified.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Companies that do not have a succession plan in place in which their seasoned professionals are teaching the younger, less experienced generations risk losing…

— Susan C. Young

The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM,…

— John T. Chambers

“One of the reasons why CEOs fail is an inability to execute, and this is also one of the reasons why first-line supervisors through…

— Robert C. Ginnett Richard L. Hughes Gordon J. Curphy

The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees.

— Marc Randolph

Lots of entrepreneurs don't want to be hassled by a board of directors early on. The entrepreneurs want to control the company, don't want…

— Brad Feld

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

“You get the best people, you build them into the best managers in the industry, and you accept the fact that some of them…

— James C. Collins

If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance.

— Denise Morrison

Too many people who come in as CEO of a poorly performing company assume that none of the incumbent executives are worth retaining. That's…

— Mindy Grossman