Chief executive officer

Your career is your business, and you are its CEO.

— Chief executive officer

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

— Chief executive officer

The organizational design is the responsibility of the CEO, and the designer's role is to act as midwife to aid in the rebirth of the organization.

— Chief executive officer

Successful innovators have CEOs who act as technology evangelists.

— Chief executive officer

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

— Chief executive officer

Executives are constrained not by resources but by their imagination.

— Chief executive officer

Neurotic impostor CEOs are also highly likely to become addicted to consulting companies because reassurances provided by “impartial” outsiders compensate for the executives’ feelings of insecurity.

— Chief executive officer

Being a CEO is the nuts! A whole jumble of thoughts come to mind: Over the top. Wild. Fun. Outrageous. Crazy. Passion. Perpetual motion. The give-and-take. Meetings into the night. Incredible friendships. Fine wine. Celebrations. Great golf courses. Big decisions in the real game. Crises and pressure. Lots of swings. A few home runs. The thrill of winning. The pain of losing. It's as good as it gets! You get paid a lot, but the real payoff is in the fun.

— Chief executive officer

Getting every employee's mind into the game is a huge part of what a CEO job is all about. Taking everyone's best ideas and transferring them to others is the secret. There's nothing more important.

— Chief executive officer