If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

Shun the incremental and go for the leap.

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.

When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don't think.

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