Author: Carol Bartz

Quotes

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

- Carol Bartz

My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs.

My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs.

- Carol Bartz

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

- Carol Bartz

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

- Carol Bartz

Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.

Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.

- Carol Bartz

Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years.

Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years.

- Carol Bartz

I always do my firing in the morning because that's when I'm fresh.

I always do my firing in the morning because that's when I'm fresh.

- Carol Bartz

I hug employees all the time. I'm a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition.

I hug employees all the time. I'm a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition.

- Carol Bartz

I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic.

I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic.

- Carol Bartz

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