A core value is something you're willing to get punished for.

When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.

An organization has integrity—is healthy—when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.

Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. In essence, teammates are not comfortable being vulnerable with one another.

If the CEO's behavior is 95 per cent healthy while the rest of the organization is only 50 per cent sound, it is more effective to focus on that crucial and leveraged 5 per cent that makes up the reminder of the CEO's behavior.