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I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T.

We need some board members that will actually take a stand and hold the CEO accountable,

I was marketing-based and U.S.-based. I hadn't run our international business; I hadn't run the operating line. Because of the board's insistence that I go on the road and get that experience, I'm sure I'm a better CEO than I would have been.

I would like to see a CEO in place who can run the company successfully,

You can have the same kind of influence on your life whether you're running a gas station or you're CEO of a company.

We feel extremely fortunate to have recruited a CEO of Rick's caliber. His work at other health care organizations proves him to be a visionary with experience in clinical service-line growth, an effective leader and mentor and a person who works to build strong relationships with physicians, administrators and staff.

While a new CEO is a positive for the stock, much uncertainty still remains with regards to the fundamentals of the business and the timing of a turnaround.

Whether you're a celebrity or not, if your husband's a CEO and has to spend six months away and you don't get to see him, it creates great stress and strain on a relationship, ... And then they're in the public eye, and people are watching every move they make, which creates an additional kind of stress.

We're betting he's the next CEO of Oracle so you better get to know him if you don't already,

When you're the retired CEO, you get out of the way, in effect. Dick is the new CEO and I think it's important that he have a clear field.

When you're the retired CEO, you get out of the way, in effect, ... Dick is the new CEO and I think it's important that he have a clear field.

We believe the stock is washed out, and the new management announcement of Robert Eckert to the chairman and CEO position is a major positive, ... Mr. Eckert brings a very solid, stable track record to a company that has had inconsistent performance and a tumultuous period.

Time and again, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gets grilled when he introduces digital-music products. When the iPod came out in October, 2001, critics complained the $400 unit was hopelessly overpriced. Many said the same thing when Apple unveiled the iPod Mini in early 2004, arguing that consumers would never fork over $250 for just a few gigabytes of storage. And a year later, some naysayers called the iPod Shuffle plain silly, given its lack of a screen to navigate through songs.

We know this is by far the best oil company in the world. Will it be the best stock? The main point is this: more than ever the new CEO has re-affirmed XOM as the key play into a downturn. Up cycles will build cash, even if it drags on returns. Oil is weak for now (through Q1 results).

We came up with certain objectives and in order to drive those critical success factors, we decided we needed to raise the level of administration to take the JCA to be a more efficient and professional unit, ... we have always employed a CEO based on cricket knowledge and not business knowledge. We decided to shift the focus of who ran the business side of the game.

We are seeing heavy leadership turnover in the computer industry as well as the financial and health care sectors, all of which are historically volatile in terms of CEO turnover.

We are actively looking for a CEO for the AOL division. That should come as no surprise since when Bob took the post in April, it was always noted an interim job for him. Bob is and has been the AOL Time Warner chief operating officer and in that regard nothing has changed.

Today's CEO is under fire from a number of sectors, ... Not only are shareholders demanding higher and higher returns, directors are far more active and government agencies are increasingly putting them under the microscope.

We worked in good faith to resolve this issue with Motorola and we are very pleased with the successful outcome, ... The Board selected Mike as we believe he is the best candidate to assume the role of president and CEO and we have every confidence in him. We look forward to a great future together.

The facts are the vice president's company that he was CEO of, that did business with sworn enemies of the United States, paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false financial information, it's under investigation for bribing foreign officials.

Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why?

For any CEO that is skeptical at all: you have to create a social enterprise today!

In a large successful company where your power base as CEO isn't all that secure, it's hard for a CEO to pursue a truly disruptive strategy.

Enron CEO Kenneth Lay has apparently just slipped across the border into Pakistan.

Well, the manhunt continues for that elusive evil mastermind, but I'm telling you Enron CEO Kenneth Lay remains at large.

While Paul has chosen to step down as CEO of Reebok, I am very pleased that he has agreed to remain a personal adviser and consultant to me. Paul's experience is invaluable to the organization at this time, and I look forward to continuing to work closely together.

While Mr. Owens deserves praise for stepping into a very tough role after the firing of CEO Frank Dunn, we had been increasingly concerned about strategic drift at Nortel, ... In addition, he signally failed to deliver on a promise for greater transparency in financial reporting.

We view the terminations of CBI's CEO and COO as near-term setbacks, but do not believe that CBI's story is broken on a longer term and more fundamental level. CBI's fundamentals remain very strong, in terms of cash balance, ability to generate positive free cash flow, backlog, and pipeline of prospective awards, which we believe will weather and outlast any near-term setbacks that investors are likely to attach to the managerial changes. We firmly believe that CBI will regain lost ground on the back of its strong fundamentals, as has been in the case in the past.

We believe he should resign from the board as well. It is not clear to us how a two-year lame duck CEO will benefit shareowners, and his continued presence on the board would prevent the company from the clean break that is needed to restore investor confidence.

The past CEO deserves a lot of credit for stepping into a difficult role. The simple fact is that Nortel needs a house cleaning and it needs more focus. And from all reports, Mike is the kind of guy to do all of those.

The past CEO deserves a lot of credit for stepping into a difficult role, ... The simple fact is that Nortel needs a house cleaning and it needs more focus. And from all reports, Mike is the kind of guy to do all of those.

When Sandy and I discussed his potential service, he reminded me of his full agenda as CEO of Citigroup and the demands upon his time,

While we continue to make progress in growing our top line, there is work to be done to improve our profitability. As the board conducts a CEO search, our management team is focused on driving improved execution to serve our customers, strengthen our competitiveness and improve shareholder value,

The reason for the (technology) decline is the combination of the Cisco earnings and the comments from CEO John Chambers. He basically said what Intel said recently: that customers are getting very cautious and that spending on technology is slowing.

The original thought of a single industry CEO centrally administrating all divisions of our business plan, will be replaced with an innovative model similar to what has recently been implemented by Viacom.

We have advertising, PR, campaign, published reports, research, CEO and budget.

The CEO of large multi-nationals like Hillary [Clinton]. They won`t going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less.

To have been somebody who started basically on the factory floor and to be appointed the CEO today is an amazing journey for me and one I'm very proud of.

You may have very strategic knowledge of what's going on. You may have good knowledge of budget or budgeting process. It doesn't mean when someone structures the transactions, you get there and roll the sleeves and sharpen the pencil, do the pricing and negotiate the derivatives and sales. That is what the issues seem to be, and nobody expects the CEO to do that.

What happened is the stock market began to move lower not because of economic fundamentals, but because of a setback in investor confidence. This huge evisceration of wealth is being seen as a leading indicator of the economy. Against that backdrop, CEO perceptions of the economy's potential have worsened.

When I sold that stock, the company had just completed an analyst call reporting its quarterly numbers, ... ... I was in Asia at the time when I read this report and our CEO at the time reconfirmed guidance both for the quarter and for the year, so the suggestion that I sold stock based on information that was not readily available is not correct.

With Lithia, you have a CEO who is not only the major stock owner but the person over the last 20 years that has taken all the risks by deciding to do the expansion he has done,

Weight is a controversial topic in the NFL. I mean, you tell a guy to watch his weight but he goes to six or eight Pro Bowls in a row because he mashes his opponents because he is big. To me, that's a life issue. Is there a difference between an NFL player being heavy and a CEO working 20-hour days?

Beth goes to all the conferences and teaches master classes in the mornings. We got a lot of comments from people saying that it was nice to see the CEO and founder being involved with the trainings.

Bob Jones has resigned as president and CEO and from the board of NCED. He will no longer be involved as an officer of NCED, but he will continue in an advisory capacity as the board continues the restructuring.

Every CEO wants above-average pay. Obviously, their performance cannot all be above average.

Every CEO and top executive in America is now reading that Wisconsin is a dangerous place to operate a business because you're getting sued out of business. That's why it's such a big deal.

Aside from increasing their critical mass, we're filling a CEO void at Whitman and that's a post that's been up for grabs for a couple of years.

Consider the CEO who refuses to outsource, believing - as does Mr. Dobbs - this hurts America. His competitor, however, wants to increase profits. When he can, he lowers costs by "outsourcing," using the savings to put back into his business. The CEO who refused to outsource now must explain to his finicky customers why he intends to charge them more.

There was a lot of activity because of the media reaction to it, ... If the CEO sees the alert on TV, he calls down and says, 'Take care of this right now.'

There's no doubt in my mind that the day that the CEO from Bridgestone/Firestone was put on the air to apologize for this, it would be the very last day that that person would be working there, ... For a Japanese executive to go that far and assume the responsibility really is tantamount to saying, 'I've caused all these problems with my bad management style,' and that's why I think you'll see somebody go into Bridgestone and I'll bet he'll make huge changes.

The transition from a CEO founder to a new manager is a very, very difficult one.

The time to buy this stock is when you stop getting mixed messages from the board. The timing of the CEO departure isn't very clear and shareholders need to know so they can draw a line under it and move forward.

The September data indicate a general weakening in the job picture nationwide -- a trend we were seeing before the recent hurricanes, ... That data is consistent with the latest CEO Confidence Survey, which is also down.

These new reports about accounting gimmicks at Halliburton while Cheney was CEO only reinforce those concerns. It's no wonder people think this White House has trouble with the truth and lacks credibility.

I've always thought about being a CEO of a Fortune 500 company. I want to put myself in a position where I can use the resources I gained by playing football.

Tell it early, tell it all and tell it yourself. The rules are the same whether you're a president, a corporate CEO or a baseball player.

Saddling the latest version of your company's flagship product with a name that reminds old-timers like me of the Dodge Colt Vista or the even more ancient Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser? At Microsoft, that's what passes for innovation. In his opening speech at a recent Microsoft analysts meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer uttered the 'i' word no less than 24 times.

A critical question to ask when bringing in a new CEO to take the reins of a company you started is: Do you want someone who will maintain company culture or reinvent it?

Some people would rather be the 100 percent owner of a $100 million company than the partner of a $200 million company. They feel comfortable being the CEO and the sole decision-maker.

Activity levels are probably higher than I've seen in my 25 years at Goldman Sachs. Client activity is very, very high. CEO confidence is quite high. You see lots of merger activity going on.

As a result of a very thorough succession planning process, we decided that naming Ron Williams CEO early in the year would provide for an orderly transition.

As chairman and CEO for the past three years, I am very proud of the films released during that time and I'm especially pleased with the films scheduled for the next 24 months. I look forward to working with the company in an independent capacity.

As CEO of Xerox, I am ready and privileged to lead a team of dedicated employees who are as sharply focused and committed as I am in the successful turnaround of our company.

As CEO and then chairman of CNBC, Pamela led the network through a most challenging era in business news reporting. The network has retained its strong profitability, and the CNBC audience continues to be among the wealthiest in all of cable television.

As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.

As a broadcaster, as the CEO and as the father of a 9-year-old girl, I am ashamed to be associated in any way with those words. They are tasteless, they're vulgar, they should not, do not and will not represent what our radio stations are all about,

As I understand the situation, it's pretty clear that this corporate entity is nothing more than a holding company for Mrs. Young's personal assets and to use that as a platform for claiming corporate management is a gross misrepresentation of her qualifications, ... To my knowledge, Castaway Bay has no office, no employees, no payroll. She is apparently the CEO of her family and to claim that gives her broad business experience to run a municipality is a sham.

That's indicative of a company with an imperial CEO and very poor controls.

Alan is a proven winner in every business he's been involved in. He's turned around Sears credit, he's taken charge of their Internet business and given it life, and he's been able to reorganize their home-services business. Probably the best part about him is he's coming into his position as CEO and he understands how CEOs work, but he doesn't have the emotional bias. He can make a kind of fair assessment about what the customer likes and what he doesn't.

You meet with a CEO or founder. You talk about sales, engineering, product management and give some ideas or suggestions. And the founder quickly understands that you really can help them both operationally and from a strategic standpoint.

This is not somebody who made some inadvertent false statement, ... This is a case where a jury convicted a CEO for lying to two different government agencies. That's a big deal.

This is not likely to be a company with a Jack Welch type of CEO and a cult of personality for 20 years.

They started raising issues like 'What's the training the CEO has to deal with financial planning, strategic issues, personnel management, marketing?' It's had a significant impact on the thinking.

Although (IBM) CEO Gerstner said in May he has no concerns about services, we do. EDS, SCS, and Perot have each suffered recently. Contract signings appear solid, but the time between outsourcing order and implementation may be increasing in the mature U.S.

This leadership transition is consistent with the Board's plans developed last year when I returned as CEO and Anne was named president and COO. The plan called for a gradual transition of leadership with Anne becoming CEO when the Board was confident of the effective execution of Xerox's turnaround. Clearly, this requirement has been met.

This is without a doubt the most withholding of support for a CEO of a major company that I have ever seen. It's really an expression of dissatisfaction,

A CEO needs to build their own team.

It's a sale out of weakness. There are internal disagreements, and the CEO changes tell you that they realize the world is going to get a lot more competitive for them. In my view, they're in trouble.

It was strange when I first came to the airline. The pilots freaked out because they suddenly saw their CEO pushing the ladder (to the plane),

For a CEO to be told when to get up, when to eat, where to stand and what to wear, this is a significant punishment,

For a CEO that is so driven and so passionate, to see how he cares for his family and how important his family is to him, is really inspirational.

For a bank like Deutsche, the CEO is going to be a judged by the track record. And things have gone well over the past few years.

It is time for you to step down from your role as CEO and director so that you can do what you do best: retreat to your waterfront mansion in the Hamptons, where you can play tennis and hobnob with your fellow socialites,

It makes you wonder what really went down with ex-COO Gary Daichendt, who apparently quit in May because he wanted to be CEO but Owens and/or the board showed no sign it was going to happen any time soon. In a nutshell, Owens' departure -- was he fired, pushed or did he resign? -- is another one step forward, two steps back move for Nortel, which has now had three CEOs in the past 18 months.

It's quite the opposite. They've risen up the corporate ladder and achieved some success, they're happy with what they've accomplished at work, they've had their children, and now there's this 'Now what?' question. 'Do I want something more? Different? What do I want that's going to give me a sense of meaning and purpose?' I've actually had patients make radical changes. One woman left her job as CEO of a company and opened a craft shop.

It's quite the opposite, ... They've risen up the corporate ladder and achieved some success, they're happy with what they've accomplished at work, they've had their children, and now there's this 'Now what?' question. 'Do I want something more? Different? What do I want that's going to give me a sense of meaning and purpose?' I've actually had patients make radical changes. One woman left her job as CEO of a company and opened a craft shop.

It's pretty standard for a new CEO to clean house,

That's something that should get your attention immediately. A CEO resigning is a big warning sign.

Eisner's resignation as CEO is the right move for shareowners,

Stewart's reputation is muddled right now. And even though she's no longer CEO of her company, her name is on the building.

It's interesting they flipped the jobs. They want the future CEO to have experience on the domestic and international side equally. It may be that Wal-Mart looks at the international side as equal to the U.S.

No matter what happens (incoming AOL CEO Richard) Parsons and gang are going to concentrate on calming market expectations. Period.

Not even Jack Welch, the greatest CEO of all time, could earn a normal profit in the airline industry, given today's condition.

I want my first act as the new CEO to be a sincere apology to those who have suffered personal losses, or who have had problems with Firestone tires. We can debate over cause and responsibility, for there is much that is not known. But that does not change the fact that there have been tragic accidents, and for this I am deeply sorry.

The turmoil in the boardroom and the goings-on with the CEO succession should dominate the agenda.

This is indicative of how quickly CEO caution can put the foot on the brake,

I want to see more comments from the CEO saying things are stabilizing, ... The market has its test coming in the next four-to-six weeks.

Slammer saturated our network, so as a byproduct we had a lot of client/server systems that became unavailable. Our CEO came back and said, 'How can we fix this so it doesn't happen again?' For a long time we weren't able to answer that question.

The messaging that our CEO made was that we are going to look to reward partners doing more with HP. To put it simply, we want to do more business with you.