Ron Williams Quotes

When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

We want to move along and make sure, both internally and externally, that people realize how the company is being run, and it's being run by a group of people now, not just me.

I think they, Peter McCullough was, turns out was not a good CEO.

Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.

I am fully supportive of the strategy and leadership team at Valeant.

I am the CEO of HCL Corporation, and, of course, a large part of my time does get spent in HCL Corporation, whether it is in actively managing our investments or perhaps even the governance and accountability and really seeing the strategic direction forward for HCL Corporation.

We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present.

Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace.

Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions.

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

Clearly in my mind, I have two distinct positions - owner and manager. So I am open to reviewing my performance as a manager as any other person in Sun Pharma.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.

As the leadership team, we're taking bold and decisive action to evolve our organization and culture. This includes difficult steps, but they are necessary to position Microsoft for future growth and industry leadership.

I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees.

I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper company culture will help you get your company to do what you want in certain important areas for a very long time.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

Business principles are only as good as the practices that back them up.

Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.

I am who I am, and I'm focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.