When I left HP, I thought about sitting it out for a while. Mark V. Hurd More Quotes by Mark V. Hurd More Quotes From Mark V. Hurd Great leaders don't play by the existing rules. Mark V. Hurd great-leaderleaderplay Our job is to execute. Mark V. Hurd jobs I just want you to be motivated by the magnitude of the opportunity. Mark V. Hurd motivatedwantopportunity The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show youre a great performer. Mark V. Hurd easierperformersshows When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it. Mark V. Hurd clearjobs The more I use a matrix, the easier I make it to blame someone else. Mark V. Hurd blame-someoneblameuse We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes. Mark V. Hurd eventsideasneeds Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination. Mark V. Hurd withoutjustexecutionvision The day you feel like you've won, you need to drive out of the parking lot and not come back. Mark V. Hurd drivefeeldayyou When you're a leader at any level of any scale, leaders are defined at times of crisis. Mark V. Hurd levelyoucrisisleader I like to have a team environment where I can go anywhere and not threaten management. Mark V. Hurd goi-canteammanagement We make a significant effort at Oracle to focus the organization on making customers successful in how they deploy Oracle technology and transform their business through IT. Mark V. Hurd efforttechnologyfocusbusiness My day starts at 4:30 A.M., and I sort of have two speeds: fast and stop. Mark V. Hurd faststopdaytwo I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and a good team. Mark V. Hurd goodgood-companyteammanagement Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances and because they don't have the right execution. Mark V. Hurd rightexecutionbreaktwo I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win. Mark V. Hurd spotrightwinpeople Customers want to talk to other customers. Mark V. Hurd othertalkcustomerswant Not everyone is comfortable with being pushed. Mark V. Hurd pushedeveryonebeingcomfortable When I was at Teradata, I got called a growth guy. And then when I became C.E.O. of the whole company, I got called a cost-cutter. Then, I came to H.P. and became an operations guy. Mark V. Hurd operationscompanygrowthguy I really don't want the best people at the highest cost. Mark V. Hurd bestcostwantpeople
