Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must commit fully to the system you use and be held rigorously accountable for their objectives. You give them freedom, but freedom within a framework.

You need self-control in an out-of-control world.

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what you make is going to become outmoded faster than it has at any time in the past. ...hang on to the idea of who you are as a company, and focus not on what you do, but on what you could do. By being really clear about what you stand for and why you exist, you can see what you could do with a much more open mind. You enhance your ability to adapt to change.

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

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

People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals.