Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.
They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart from the familiar has distinct survival value.