Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.

...I think that ideally that is how a company works. It becomes a place of ideas, not a place of position.

Protecting underperformers always backfires.

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

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

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.

Just because you are the boss doesn't mean you are the source of all knowledge.