Misty Copeland Quotes

Every time a new CEO came, I got a promotion till I was made CEO myself.

It doesn't bother me what division I am managing in.

The further you get up the corporate ladder, the farther you get from the actual filmmaking process.

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

Good people climb quickly - just like in a company.

Theoretically, every probationary officer has a chance to become chairman.

People don't just show up in the C-suite overnight.

Me being in a managerial position has never crossed my mind. Even in the twilight of my career.

You do understand when you get into management that you will get the sack at some stage, but that never puts people off trying again.

There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

organizations like the church or General Motors promote a man up and up until he reaches a spot which he is obviously incapable of filling, and there they lay him to rest.

It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one.

I find the business world hard.

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.

The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work.

I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.'

I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career.

Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

You can take my job any time you’re ready.

People always say it is carefree leaving officialdom, but actually they do want to keep the position.