If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to those four words.

The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have.

Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation.

Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.