Words matter. These are the best Ruth Porat Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Women are still not reaching the most senior levels of corporations. This is not the shortcoming of women. We’re talented and smart.
Stick to your true north – build greatness for the long term.
One of the biggest problems women have is they work really hard and put their heads down and assume hard work gets noticed. And hard work for the wrong boss does not get noticed. Hard work for the wrong boss results in one thing – that boss looks terrific, and you get stuck.
I have not been a believer of point guidance. It really limits your flexibility to do what you want. It leads to behavior that is not supportive of long-term shareholder value.
Competition is one click away. Innovation happens everywhere… you better have a culture asking for a voice.
Recognize that killing a weak idea early is valuable.
The most valuable thing you can have as a leader is clear data.
Businesses perform better when you have diversity of view in your senior leadership positions. This is not just the right thing to do socially; it’s the right thing to do for your business.
Incrementalism in technology leads to irrelevance; what you need is revolutionary change.
There are no good options in the midst of a crisis.
You can’t cost-cut your way to greatness.
Culture is more important than rules and regulations.
When I started, there very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it’s not like when I looked up I could say, ‘Well, that’s who I want to be.’
If you continue to plow ahead in something that is OK, you will miss the opportunity to do something that is great.
I’ve had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.
If you’re just focused on work, my view is that you’ll never get enough back from any organization, no matter how fantastic the role is, and you have to have a full life so that you really get enriched in a lot of different ways, and that can be family and kids. It can be, for others, sports.
I hate the term ‘work-life balance.’ I think it’s a setup, and it’s trap for all of us.
Unless you stay focused on innovation, you can be disintermediated.
Since 1987, there are now many more of us as at the higher levels with families, so I think, as role models, we are encouraging more women to stay within banking and rise up through the ranks.
I think what Sheryl Sandberg said about the importance of ‘leaning in’ is very true, but it’s not sufficient.
I remember, the first time it struck me is I was an econ major at Stanford as an undergrad, and it struck me how few women were econ majors back in the ’70s. And then in business school how few women… And even then, I thought, ‘Gosh, this is really unfortunate.’
Innovation happens everywhere.
Liquidity is oxygen for a financial system.
When I started, there were very few women at the managing director level and very few who had families, which is something that was important to me. So it’s not like, when I looked up, I could say, ‘Well, that’s who I want to be.’
The most important thing is culture.
