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29 quotes by Ursula Burns

Ursula M. Burns (born September 20, 1958) serves as Chairwoman (since May 2010) and CEO (since July 2009) of Xerox. As such, she is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company, having succeeded Anne Mulcahy as CEO of Xerox. In 2014, Forbes rated her the 22nd most powerful woman in the world.
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As I've progressed in my career, I've come to appreciate - and really value - the other attributes that define a company's success beyond... →

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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer... →

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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not... →

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My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.

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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color... →

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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at... →

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I've had many mentors, but the one that has the most impact was my mother.

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If you go to Norway, Finland, Russia or Australia, you'll see Xerox or Fuji-Xerox people, not just the name on the door. We have human beings who... →

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This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

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I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people... →

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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human... →

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Impatience is a virtue.

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My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.

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