Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Cunningham Agee

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American executive Mary Cunningham Agee.
Last updated on October 7, 2024.
Mary Cunningham Agee

Mary Cunningham Agee is an American business executive and author. She served in the top management of two Fortune 100 companies in the 1980s, one of the first women to do so, and was voted one of the "25 Most Influential Women in America" by World Almanac in 1981 and 1982. Agee is a Managing Partner of the Semper Charitable Foundation and CEO of the family's boutique wine business, Aurea Estate Wines, Inc.

Women have for centuries been recognized as talented listeners, nurturers, motivators, excellent communicators. These very qualities that we once were told were unbusinesslike are precisely the qualities that business needs most to tap human potential.
In Business School they taught us about cash flow, not about corporate politics; about return on equity, not about egos and pride. Oh, there were optional courses on 'Organizational Behavior' and 'Managerial Skills,' but these were a little too bloodless to convey what I learned on the job.
If people are worried about unfair advancement, they should look at the sons-in-law of the world running companies. They've truly slept their way to the top. — © Mary Cunningham Agee
If people are worried about unfair advancement, they should look at the sons-in-law of the world running companies. They've truly slept their way to the top.
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