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

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

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

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

Approach every meeting with a purposeful, high-energy, ready-to-make-a-contribution attitude, and watch how fast leadership’s perception of you follows your behavior.

I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people and their communities.

You never know how diverse your career can be. I think it's wonderful. My life has always been the next page, not the last page.