Effective people are not problem minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

Knowledge people and service people learn the most when they teach .

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best strategic decision is only an approximation - and a risk.