If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.

One of the things about leadership is that you cannot be a moderate, balanced, thoughtful, careful articulator of policy. You've got to be on the lunatic fringe.

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

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

When all is said and done, teaching is what I try to do for a living.

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.