Anne M. Mulcahy
Anne M. Mulcahy
Anne M. Mulcahyis former chairperson and CEO of Xerox Corporation. She was named CEO of Xerox on August 1, 2001, and chairwoman on January 1, 2002. In addition to serving on the Xerox board, she has been a member of the boards of directors of Catalyst, Citigroup Inc., Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. and Target Corporation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
Date of Birth21 October 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a masterful job of connecting with minds, personalizing messages, refining old and new media, sending clear messages, and providing the feedback that enabled them to respond to the messages they heard.
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Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.
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The day I was announced as CEO, I think the stock dropped another 20%.
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Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation.
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I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround plan at the scale we need to tackle global poverty.
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Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.
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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.
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Something as simple as better breastfeeding could save a million children a year.
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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.
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You know a good board when you see one.
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Get face time with the customers.
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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.
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Good leadership is about the company's success, not your own.
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People ask my mother whether she had any idea that I'd be CEO of a company some day, and she would say, 'Absolutely not. Totally out of the realm of possibility.' There was certainly nothing that would have been very predictable in my upbringing.