Shun the incremental and go for the leap.

The team with the best players usually does win - this is why you need to invest the majority of your time and energy in developing your people.

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be

I believe that in any initiative, you can't have a flavor of the month. When you believe something is profound in a company, you can not be a logical leader. You have to go to the lunatic fringe. There is no way that logic is what you need to change people.

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

If your CFO is more important than your CHRO (Chief Human Resource Officer) you're nuts!

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.