Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it were. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead. Change before you have to. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Control your own destiny, or someone else will.

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

If you're not in Germany, you're not in Europe. And if you're not in Asia, you're nowhere.

Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.

In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends to go to the well and equalize rather than differentiate.