Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.

It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.

We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.

There are "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and hiring for talent - not just knowledge and skills.

Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures of themselves; Facebook, it's about me. It's a generation that's been pampered by their parents and their schools, given prizes for just taking part.

The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.

Women have lives that become increasingly empty. They're doing more and feeling less.