Time is the most valuable thing you have - and I'm not just talking about the minutes for which you're paid.
Eli BroadThe best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.
Eli BroadI can't think of another enterprise other than being a homeowner that can't have its debt restructured in bankruptcy. Corporations can but a homeowner can't? Now with securitization the homeowner can't go to the owner of the loan and work things out.
Eli BroadSchool boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.
Eli Broad