If you don't have the best people you hurt everyone.

In its most fundamental sense, execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it. Most companies don't face reality very well. ... Realism is the heart of execution, but many organizations are full of people who are trying to avoid or shade reality. Why? It makes life uncomfortable.

Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.

I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on what some call high level strategy, on intellectualizing and philosophizing, and not enough on implementation. People would agree on a project or initiative, and then nothing would come of it.

How people talk to each other absolutely determines how well the organization will function.

Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.