People quit people before they quit companies.
Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.
The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.
We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.
Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life--caring and sharing--that cannot be learned or purchased.
Your job is not to lower the bottom by adjusting for and accommodating the lowest-performing employees. You should be raising the top by recognizing and rewarding superstar behavior.