The final test of greatness in a CEO is how well he chooses a successor and whether he can step aside and let the successor run the company.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Objectives are not commands; they are commitments.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.

Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.