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.

We need to say goodbye to the traditional methodologies of corporate universities.

As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.

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

You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.

Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say don't treat people as you would like to be treated. This presupposes that everyone breathes the same psychological oxygen as you. For example, if you are competitive, everyone must be similarly competitive. If you like to be praised in public, everyone else must, too. Everyone must share your hatred of micromanagement.

I need to reach out to people who work for small to mid-sized companies, and help them identify and apply their strengths at work.