If we have to know without a doubt that the choices we are making are the perfect ones, we risk never making any choices at all.

Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.

Obviously, you have to know what you need now and what you will soon need, then hire or promote from within to meet those needs.

When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it-you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.-but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality.

American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.

Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.

The best strategy for building a competitive organization is to help individuals become more of who they are.