Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

The main social responsibility for a company is to win.

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.

Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and it frustrates teams and bosses to no end.

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.