Paul Otellini, the former CEO of Intel, I worked with while I was still with VMware. I knew Ram Shriram through the tech industry.
I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.
I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.
A little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills.
A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.
MindTree has grown into a strong company and has a great leadership team at its helm which can continue to propel the company in the future.
I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it away.
After the non-Japanese Carlos Ghosn was brought in by Nissan to turn around the struggling auto manufacturer, he made English the company's official working language.
Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions.
When I was at Teradata, I got called a growth guy. And then when I became C.E.O. of the whole company, I got called a cost-cutter. Then, I came to H.P. and became an operations guy.
The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.
I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at.
My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over a long career. For a while, before I was born, he was the CEO of an oil and gas exploration company.
Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.
It's my experience at Fiat and, now, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that when there is a very strong CEO, it's a good thing to be chairman.
I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I was always a corporate Fortune 500 girl.
I am a person who does not subscribe to the hero-CEO school of thought.
At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one.
Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
Clearly, as a CEO, you have other functions that are managed by other people.
I am incredibly proud to return to the Yahoo board.
Being CEO of AMD is a tremendous opportunity to influence the industry and influence the future of computing.
Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired.
The reason I've been able to maintain my position of chairman of CBS in addition to all the Viacom stuff is my team.
