Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.

This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case you become a casualty. So you have to have depth within an organization.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

I went to graduate school as a lieutenant colonel after I had been in the army for 12 or 13 years. I learned so much from all the great management theorists. It gave me a greater understanding of my army experience and showed me the gaps in my knowledge.

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.