Nobody is too important to lead the initiative you say is important.

Change before you have to.

Shun the incremental and go for the leap.

Shareholder value is the result of you doing a great job, watching your share price go up, your shareholders win, and dividends increasing. What happens when you have increasing shareholder value? You're delivering better employees to their communities and they can give back. Communities are winning because employees are involved in mentoring and all these other things. Customers are winning because you're providing them new products.

Globalization has taken a hit in that there is some sand in the gears because most of us have supply chains that are all over the world that we've had to lengthen.

Make winners out of every business in your company. Don't carry losers.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.