Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you fail as a leader.

When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight.

Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.

Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Too often we measure everything and understand nothing. The three most important things you need to measure in a business are customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, and cash flow. If you’re growing customer satisfaction, your global market share is sure to grow, too. Employee satisfaction gets you productivity, quality, pride, and creativity. And cash flow is the pulse—the key vital sign of a company.

If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.