"Oracle's technology and business have never been stronger. And our breathtaking growth rate points to an even more prosperous future. At this time of strength is the right moment to pass the CEO role to the next generation of capable executives. Congratulations Clay and Mike"

"In fact, anytime you stop, your competitors are going to pass you"

"Many of them learned that lesson during COVID,” Catz said, “but were afraid, to some extent, to move all the way in. So they started in one place, and now they’ve built that confidence and they’re going to go all the way"

"And one of the reasons that businesses succeed is when they’re adaptable and when they’re absorbing those new technologies. But those that sort of stick with what they have? They get passed over"

"If you hear success stories, you are more likely to replicate that, she said – but that does not mean you could slack on hard work or preparation"

"We recognize Mr. Ahmad Maher for his outstanding leadership that has guided the bank to this point."

"He departs leaving the Bank stronger with a refreshed brand, a modern core banking system, and an expanded range of improved products that enhance our ability to serve customers under our promise Growing with You."

"We credit Mr. Ahmad Maher for the great leadership that has brought the bank this far."

"He leaves the Bank in a better position."

"With a rebranded Bank, new core banking system, more new and refined products to enable us serve our customers better under our brand promise Growing with You."

"We wish him all the best in his future endeavors."

"taking smart risks and practicing pace over perfection"

"Keep moving, don’t get hung up on being a perfectionist"

"Some of them are good ideas, but at the wrong time, and we just move on to the next one. And some of them have to be reworked multiple times"

"I think a liberal arts education is actually a great background for our industry. I feel that really strongly"

"What’s important to us is that people who come to us with liberal arts backgrounds are dedicated students and want to learn. So if we put something in front of you, you’re going to learn it. You’re going to study it. You’re going to think, you’re going to ask questions, and you’re going to understand how to communicate well, because that’s a lot of what you learn from your liberal arts education"

"Based on everybody’s contributions about what they see changing, what can we try that would be something new and different"

"I can only aspire to be as creative as [my father has] been in his career,” she says. “But that was always an influence on me: Don’t assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that. You have to think that the answer and the right answer for you and your organization might not be something that’s been done before. And it’s up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully"

"There are a lot of great reasons why anybody—but particularly women—should consider doing something like being an analyst"

"It’s a very independent kind of a job where you set your own direction on a day-to-day basis. You have a lot of demands and a lot of deliverables, but you actually have a lot of control over planning your time. You obviously have to be responsible and deliver your results, but there are a lot of different ways that you can do that"

"I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don’t like surprises"

"That sense of accountability is really, really critical"

"At the end of the day,” she says, you know yourself best"

"I had to learn to communicate to very different types of groups of managers with different orientations, different priorities,she says. And that was a real leadership challenge"

"I was responsible for filling out the forms to correctly put in order the transactions that they were requesting"

"thinking and working across the organization is really important—trying to take the perspective of other groups around the company"

"It was a pretty basic job. But it gave me an appreciation of what it was like to be responsible for really important things in people’s lives and making sure that they were always done accurately and correctly"

"We are in the midst of a major transition that takes advantage of technology to deliver better service"

"You have to be a worrier. Every business has risks, and companies that feel comfortable are probably not paying enough attention"

"No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you’re perceived to be doing, your job is never done"

"I got the stock-picking bug,she says. I enjoyed the intellectual challenge, and I liked interacting with the fund managers"

"I can honestly say that rejections have made me a better writer. I tried to take on board any feedback I was lucky enough to receive, was spurred on to find out as much as I could about the industry, and I learned to bounce back when disappointments arose. Because of these experiences, I fully appreciate how far I have come, and I think this will help me to face the inevitable ups and downs that come with being an author"

"My father was interested in technology and impressed upon me how important it was to business"

"Every day you get up and the world is changing, your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there"

"HBS was more important preparation for the role that I’m in now than I possibly could have appreciated at the time"

"It’s been a big part of my life and I consider myself really opportune to be in this place at this time especially in the past ten years in seeing the telecom industry transform to what it is today."

"And obviously, in thinking about sustaining the growth also means that it is still work in progress and there is still much to be done despite the achievements we have been made so far"

"I think also going forward, we must emphasize on growing broadband infrastructure, and not just growing it for the sake of it but catalyzing its adoption and usage, nationwide."

"even within the African continent, we should encourage building of optic fibre that links the countries of Africa because that will help us do local peering of Internet, keep local networks linked to each other, reduce price of communicating within the countries in Africa and perhaps greatly increase broadband speed."

"Sometimes, all it takes is one person to believe in you"

"Why we moved as fast as we did over this period is as a result of fair amount of regulatory independence that the organization had."

"Having the confidence to revisit what I’d written and spend time in the moment helped me to tell a better story. Sometimes it’s the smallest details that bring a character to life"

"Our focus should not only be that money is being made in the industry but that this decision of government has suddenly changed the landscape and provided phones in the hands of most Nigerians, and provided telephone “access” because even if you do not own a phone, you will likely find a place to make calls near your location today”"

"Every day you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward"

"We have had many successes but I equally take accountability for the challenges we have today"

"Susan has been my inspiration and mentor since I was born"

"I have all the pieces in place"

"While I am disappointed that we have come to this conclusion and my bid was rejected, I am supportive of the company and I intend to be a bidder, she wrote. I have resigned as CEO of the company so I can be in the best position to pursue the company as an independent bidder"

"It was devastating news when she was diagnosed in 2022 and it's still a shock to believe my vibrant, passionate, loving sister is gone"

"I loved genetics and the idea that you have a code inside of you that interacts in your environment and determines how your body works"