A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times.

Any time there is change, there is opportunity. So it is paramount that an organization get energized rather than paralyzed.

In every company, differentiation is never more important than it is in times of trouble, and that's the time when everyone tends to go to the well and equalize rather than differentiate.

Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it were. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead. Change before you have to. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Control your own destiny, or someone else will.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

If we get the right people in the right job we've won the game.