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Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#asset #attract #best #company #competitive

You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home. ↗

— Carey Mulligan

#around #because #day #ends #entire

The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30. ↗

— Lorne Michaels

#humor #management #snl #tina-fey #funny

I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#because #better #different #different view #direction

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#getting #goal #growth #job #leadership

We're living in a different world now in terms of employee needs, and companies have to offer alternative methods for getting the work done. Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#circumstances #companies #creative #different #different world

I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time. ↗

— Martin Mull

#challenge #down #each #get #i

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#boards #companies #constituents #data #defend

You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good. ↗

— Martin Mull

#enough #every #get #good #i

When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#bankers #bankruptcy #became #calling #ceo