If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

. . . his biggest problem was his need for a problem.

An organization's strategy is simply its plan for success. It's nothing more than the collection of intentional decisions a company makes to give itself the best chance to thrive and differentiate from competitors.

Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time.

Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and sometimes you have to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional.

Most of the CEO's who fail think they will find the solution to their problems in Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, etc., but they don't look for the solution to their problems inside themselves.

Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.