Ceo Quotes - Page 14

• I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.

  Jordan Ellenberg

  Teacher, School, Kids

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• My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

  Lee Myung-bak

  Jobs, Korea, Wife

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 18, 2008.

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• I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.

  Mark Pincus

  Advice

  "Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile". Interview with Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2012.

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• American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Hero, People, Important

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• I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

  Tim Cook

  Who I Am, Apples, Focused

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• The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.

  Tim Ferriss

  New Year, Class, Years

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

  Yishan Wong

  Cracks, Matter, Pressure

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• The deck is still stacked in favor of those already at the top. And there's something wrong with that. There's something wrong when CEOs make 300 times more than the typical worker.

  Hillary Clinton

  Typical, Favors, Workers

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Issues, Moral

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk, than an American worker earns in a lifetime of cleaning toilets. Forget the old maxim about nothing succeeding like success: Today, in the executive suite, the all-too-prevalent rule is that nothing succeeds like failure.

  Warren Buffett

  Toilets, Today, Succeed

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.89, John Wiley & Sons

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• Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.

  Tie Domi

  Rip, Golf, Player

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• I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T.

  William Morris

  Real, Commitment, Thinking

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• People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when President Obama found out that Tony Hayward was on his yacht, he was so angry, he missed a putt.

  David Letterman

  Weekend, People, Upset

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• President Obama, by the way, is, I think, making his first presidential European trip. And while he's there in Europe, he plans to fire the CEO's of BMW and Volkswagen.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Fire, Bmw

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• I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

  Steve Jobs

  Apples, Expectations, Firsts

  "Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2011.

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• Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

  Steve Jobs

  Reason, Janitor

  "Apple Employees Tell the Secrets Behind Steve Jobs' 'Magic'" by Brian X. Chen, www.wired.com. May 9, 2011.

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• Depending on the day or even the hour, productivity can take very low dips. At times, I may feel like throwing in the towel. I love being inspired by amazing women who have achieved great things. When I have a setback, I will spend 15 minutes reading quotes from strong women or reading or watching an interview with a woman I admire (a gold medalist or a CEO). This gets me back in the right mindset to tackle any challenge.

  Samantha Ettus

  Strong Women, Reading, Love Is

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• I raise money the old fashioned way, I go out and tell people what I think. And I say to them, "If you hire me, I'm a CEO, and I'll listen to you. But at the end of the day, I'm going to make the decision, something I've done throughout my whole career with, frankly, great success."

  Rick Santorum

  Thinking, Careers, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I hadn't grown up always aspiring to be a CEO.

  Angela Ahrendts

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• I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Roles, Want, Wonder

  "Big News" by Sophia Amoruso, blog.nastygal.com. January 12, 2015.

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• Prosperity can't be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers. Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations. Prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain, too.

  Hillary Clinton

  Democracy, Corporations, Prosperity

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I wish I was CEO of 4chan instead

  Yishan Wong

  Wish

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• CEOs resign when the internal dynamics of the company and the external dynamics of the company actually come together to say it is appropriate. When the internal dynamics ask you whether you have a replacement. I think the transition from CEOships have also become cartoonish.

  Ursula Burns

  Thinking, Together, Dynamics

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• Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best ideas and transferring them to others is the secret. There's nothing more important.

  Jack Welch

  Jobs, Games, Ideas

  "Jack: Straight from the Gut". Book by Jack Welch, 2001.

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• I argue that once it became clear that the most important function of the CEO was to develop and enact the corporate strategy, that often had the effect of distancing him from people below him in the organization. It also encouraged the idea that if a CEO were a great strategist for a company in one industry, he would probably be a great strategist in another industry. And that usually hasn't proved to be the case.

  Walter Kiechel

  People, Important, Arguing

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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