What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales numb… - Vernon Jordan
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales numb…
- Vernon Jordan
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and ince… - Vernon Jordan
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and ince…
The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. - Vernon Jordan
The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Pla… - Vernon Jordan
I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Pla…
September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy. - Vernon Jordan
September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand o… - Vernon Jordan
You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand o…
You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott. - Vernon Jordan
You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place. - Vernon Jordan
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
You're in love, that's what your problem is. - Vernon Jordan
You're in love, that's what your problem is.
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