If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.
To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels.
It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.