Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

Don't make the process harder than it is.

Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.

The hero is the one with ideas.

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.