Take the middle 70 percent and tell them what they need to do to get into the top 20 percent.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.

When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.

Don't lose youself on the way to the top.

I don't think environmentalists have the slightest reason to be concerned about globalization because every time you move a plant to a new place you upgrade the neighborhood. You put in global standards. You put in modern plants. And all the plants around it get improved.

For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple.