You don't see a lot of MBAs as CEOs. The MBAs tend to get hired by the CEOs.
You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture.
When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
My role as CEO is to protect the company AND nurture it to grow.
'What's your favorite position?' 'CEO. '
The CEO of the Olive Garden blames his company's low profits on Obamacare - which is odd because most people won't eat at the Olive Garden until they have health insurance.
I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy.
A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997.
I like to joke with my wife that she's the CEO of. . . certainly of our household.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise - and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.
I never set out to be CEO. I always set out to be a good team member, a good colleague.
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.
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.
Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.
On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I 'step aside' as CEO of GM, and so I have.
I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.
A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find it anywhere else in the organization.
When a new CEO comes, make sure you send him a visiting card to say, 'Sir, I'm with you'.
I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.