Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Be candid with everyone.

What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.

No vision is worth the paper it's printed on unless it is communicated constantly and reinforced with rewards.

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don't think.