It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.

An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.

If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.

The main point is first get the right people on the bus (and wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. The second key point is the degree of sheer rigor in people decisions in order to take a company from Good to Great.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.