Edward de Bono
Psychologist
"The mind can only see what it is prepared to see."
Executives quotes
Executives
30 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Peter Drucker
Management Consultant, Author
"An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation."
Brian Tracy
Author, Speaker
"Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere."
Thomas Keller
Chef, Restaurateur
"I came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef."
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"When you are an executive, my friends, that is not leadership."
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"An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right"
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"I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation."
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"Either an executive can do his job or he can't."
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"... a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands on executive."
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