There's something to be said for CEOs' entering politics: In theory, they have management expertise and financial savvy. Then again, it didn't work so well with Dick Cheney.
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I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.
If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance.
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
I definitely think it's important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress.
No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that.
I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly.
Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.
Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.
If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales.
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