Anne M. Mulcahy Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.”

“I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.”

“I'm not formal and I'm impatient. So I think my team would say that when she starts tapping her pen and the leg starts moving quickly, that it's time to move on. I'm not good at long, drawn-out kinds of sessions.”

“If you're a global company you are going to have jobs overseas. The reality is if we start taxing those jobs at a rate that makes them noncompetitive in those markets, the reality is that we're going to lose business.”

“My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.”

“The day I was announced as CEO, I think the stock dropped another 20%.”

“Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.”

“You know a good board when you see one.”

“When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education.”

“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.”