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.

It does not matter whether the worker wants responsibility or not, ...The enterprise must demand it of him.

What gets measured gets managed.

To be effective, every knowledge worker, and especially every executive, therefore needs to dispose of time in fairly large chunks. To have small dribs and drabs of time at his disposal will not be sufficient even if the total is an impressive number of hours.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.