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Anne M. Mulcahy Biography

Anne M. Mulcahy (born October 21, 1952) is former chairperson and CEO of Xerox Corporation. She was named CEO of Xerox on August 1, 2001, and chairwoman on January 1, 2002. In addition to serving on the Xerox board, she has been a member of the boards of directors of Catalyst, Citigroup Inc., Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. and Target Corporation.

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Educated and productive young people are needed to help #‎ LIFT their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world.

Country, People, Productive, Wealthier, World

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company.

Accelerate, Class, Company, Development, High, Important

When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.

Bankers, Dire, Mounting, People, Urged, Years

I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter. ' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

Direction, Give, Jobs, Keys, Smarter, Views

When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education.

Children, Confident, Food, Health And Education, Live, Parent

The hardware business is all about per-unit manufacturing cost and functionality. The services business is less asset-intensive and more dependent on people.

Assets, Cost, People, Services

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

Boost, Efficiency, Technologies, Technology, Workflow

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I'll never forget the wrenching days I spent in Haiti last year for Save the Children just weeks after the earthquake.

Children, Earthquakes, Forget, Year, Years

My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.

Actually, Aspired, Dad, Editors, My Dad, Writer

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms.

Constituents, Data, Given, Long, Past, Women

Good leadership is about the company's success, not your own.

Good, Good Leader, Good Leadership, Leadership, Success

By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

2009, Commitment, Differences, Plan, Stepped, Strong

I got a journalism degree. I started doing journalism - I interned at 'Cosmopolitan' magazine in the 1970s, which probably wasn't the best place for me, and I spent six or nine months freelancing. Anyway, I wasn't that good at it.

Degrees, Journalism, Magazines, Months, Nine

I'm not formal and I'm impatient. So I think my team would say that when she starts tapping her pen and the leg starts moving quickly, that it's time to move on. I'm not good at long, drawn-out kinds of sessions.

Team, Moving, Thinking, Tapping, Move, Kinds

What do you really believe makes a difference in the company? For me it's really clear. It's about customers and employees. Everything else follows. If you take care of your customers and you have motivated employees, everything else follows.

Believe, Customers, Differences, Employees, Making A Difference, Motivated

If you're a global company you are going to have jobs overseas. The reality is if we start taxing those jobs at a rate that makes them noncompetitive in those markets, the reality is that we're going to lose business.

Jobs, Overseas, Rate, Reality, Start, Taxing

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Career, Careers, Great Relationship, Relationships, Should, Throughout

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

Believe, Business, Employees, Inspirational, Productive, Whole

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

Day, Make, Office, Schedules, Structured, Trying

Get face time with the customers.

Customers, Face, Faces, Time

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