No action, activity, or process is more central to a healthy organization than the meeting

Choose your companions before you choose your road.

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

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

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.

The impact of organizational health goes far beyond the walls of a company, extending to customers and vendors, even to spouses and children. It sends people to work in the morning with clarity, hope, and anticipation and brings them home at night with a greater sense of accomplishment, contribution, and self-esteem. The impact of this is as important as it is impossible to measure.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.