When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.

When it comes to strategy, ponder less and do more.

You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

One of the ways we'll know that Work-Out has been successful is that my style of leadership will no longer be tolerated in this company.

Most organizations fail in driving change.