Quotes by Business Executives - Page 3

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

The daring leader helps the people see a future state, greater than their own imagination, and worthy of pursuit.

There is a mistake technical and scientific people make. We think that if we have made a clever and thoughtful argument, based on data and smart analysis, then people will change their minds. This isn't true. If yoy want to change people's behavior, you need to touch their hearts, not just win the arguments. We call this the Oprah Winfrey rule.

Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.

If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.

Every man who has lived his life to the full should by the time his senior years are reached have established a reserve inventory of unfinished thinking.

[Performance with purpose is] basically PepsiCo saying that companies can no longer perform and toss costs to society. We believe that the new future is public-private partnerships, where companies feel responsible for society at large.

For more than three decades, coffee has captured my imagination because it is a beverage about individuals as well as community. A Rwandan farmer. Eighty roast masters at six Starbucks plants on two continents. Thousands of baristas in 54 countries. Like a symphony, coffee's power rests in the hands of a few individuals who orchestrate its appeal. So much can go wrong during the journey from soil to cup that when everything goes right, it is nothing short of brilliant! After all, coffee doesn't lie. It can't. Every sip is proof of the artistry -- technical as well as human -- that went into its creation.

Allowing yourself to follow the crevices of your heart lines is a messy process and not easy to characterize or rationalize into neat and tidy lists and boxes.

Small changes can make huge destination differences.

Your career success in the workplace of today–independent of technical expertise–depends on the quality of your people skills. (9)

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't put his pants on.

The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

We are on a mission to win the hearts and minds of our employees.

Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.

Balanced emotions are crucial to intuitive decision making.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

Failure is good as long as it doesn’t become a habit.