Shervin Pishevar Quotes

For the label to grow, it has to have great executives who understand the culture, understand the mission, and can lead. I don't want to be part of every decision.

For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.

For me, I think Bob Iger is one of the smartest men in the country.

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.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

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.

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

The only thing I would say is, I think there's a lot of future value in Blackberry, but without experienced people who have run this type of business, and without a strategic plan, it would be really challenging.

A lot of web companies will take a short-term approach and sell to an incumbent and don't end up living up to their full potential.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.

The United States is like a big company, and we need a CEO to run it.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

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

I'm not too involved in day-to-day matters. I only supervise at the board level.

We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

I like the challenge of growing small companies into big global companies.

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO.

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

I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.

Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

As a first-time CEO, I wasn't sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it.

When my co-founder and I first had the idea for IronPort, an email security company, we triangulated a list of the 20 most relevant people in email - former CEOs, open source technologists, investors and thought leaders.