Leadership

I've always felt negotiation is pretty-easy. You have to look at any situation from the perspective of all sides, and find a zone of fairness in between.

Co-Founder & CEO of Blackstone, Global Investment Powerhouse

Excellence is almost a tactile feeling – and it starts with a vision… sometimes a vision that shows you a path that's so good that it cannot not succeed.

Co-Founder & CEO of Blackstone, Global Investment Powerhouse

Everyone says, 'oh it's fine to make mistakes, it's fine to do things wrong'. But actually? making that true is really difficult.

COO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In

Resilience is the responsibility and opportunity of the community.

COO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In

Adversity is happening all around us at the individual level, it's happening at a company level, it's happening at industry levels; and we can either face it and learn from it or we can pretend it's not happening. And I think that is the key.

COO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In

We have to stop pretending that there's no adversity, or that we can't do anything about the adversity we face. We need to fix the culture of silence and ignorance surrounding bias and adversity.

COO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In

Resilience is not a muscle we're born with, it's something we have to build and believe in over time. We should never ask ourselves how much resilience we have, but rather how much we can build, and how we can build it into ourselves, our friends, and the people around us.

COO of Facebook & Author of "Lean In

We've created a reflex for paternalism whereby a donor looks upon the recipients of large assets with an attitude akin to saying 'well, you need me don't you... here I am... take what I have regardless of what you want and need.' There's also a kind of overambition about what money alone can achieve.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

Even if I had all the money in the world, no problem worth fixing can be solved in my lifetime. The best I can do is to be part of the process, and to help the world figure it out.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

Imagine Martin Luther King walked into your foundation. Would he pass muster? He would not get a dime out of most contemporary foundations because he would say, 'honestly? This work will take years, people are going to die, I'm not sure how it will turn out.'

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

You create change in other people when you're totally honest, transparent, and authentic. When you show people who you really are, with all your flaws, with all your vulnerabilities...it moves them. People would come up to me crying and thanking me for telling the truth.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

I often hear people say that everything that matters must be measured, and if it can't be measured, it doesn't matter. I believe the absolute reverse. Nothing that matters can be measured. I don't think there's anything on this earth worth lifting a finger for that you can measure.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

You need to work like someone's trying to take it all away from you, because they are.

Billionaire Investor, Shark Tank Investor & Dallas Mavericks Owner

The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated yourself. You should treat your employees like the smart and capable adults they are. Give them the choice to make informed decisions and you will cultivate an environment in which everyone can flourish.

Founder of Virgin Group & British Billionaire Entrepreneur

Seventeen of the top twenty universities in the world are in the USA, one third of all students who leave their countries to study in another come to the USA.

Chief Strategist & Senior Currency Strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" & Self-Help Pioneer