Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.

Control your destiny or somebody will.

The last thing you want to do is be a bore. When you wake up in the morning, give yourself a good mirror test. If you look like you’re going to be a sulking, pouting bore, slap yourself in the face before you go out to the office.

What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal.

I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.

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.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.