Quotes About Leadership

Most people want a normal centrist approach. But politicians in the center have to show them results.

As a businessman, if you ask me what I'm proud of, I'm proud of the fact that I made $250 billion under my watch as CEO.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem?

The President is the CEO of this business that we call America.

Don't be afraid to let someone go if it's not working. You're not a bad boss. You're not a bad CEO.

I'm not just an artist. I'm a CEO.

I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.

I'm always doing my part as a CEO.

The United States is like a big company, and we need a CEO to run it.

I do not want to be a long-term CEO.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.

I will never be a CEO again.

When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders.

When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.

When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'

Whether you stay private or go public, after all is said and done, a CEO's job is to create lasting shareholder value.

As a first-time CEO, I wasn't sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it.

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works.

I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

I'm not going out there screaming, 'I'm CEO! I'm CEO!' That's not the way to do it.

You're supposed to have a passionate purpose as a CEO.