Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.

When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.

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

Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.

The operative assumption today is that someone, somewhere, has a better idea; and the operative compulsion is to find out who has that better idea, learn it, and put it into action-fast.

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