Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.
Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why?
There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
Stakeholders - meaning workers and community - the CEO could just as well be responsible to them. This presupposes there ought to be management but why does there have to be management? Why not have the stakeholders run the industry?
Even when I take the path to go be a CEO for a month, or a CEO for a day- music is still there. It’s an extremely important part of what I am.
Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.
No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
Because we weren't having success finding a CEO, our investors insisted that we hire these managers a temporary CEO and CFO. That didn't go great.
If the CEO doesn’t see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space.
My role as CEO is to protect the company AND nurture it to grow.
If I were investing in oil and gas stocks, there is one question I would ask CEO's: What portion of your capital is going to have to go in to stay even
Former Enron founder Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling found guilty in the Enron case. Ken Lay is so guilty I'm surprised people aren't calling him Congressman Ken Lay. Wait 'till these guys find out in prison that insider trading has a whole new meaning.
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
I have worked with leaders for 17 years. But I'm also a leader myself, and I can honestly say I feel deeply the privilege and responsibility that come with being a CEO. It is incumbent upon us to become all we can be, not only for ourselves, but for our companies.
No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on.
My wife is the CEO of the family. I'm the fun guy, just trying to make it up as I go along.
I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
I'm a friend of the CEO of Twitter and he showed me how to be on it, but it causes such an uproar if what you post is perceived in a negative light.
You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are.
