The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

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

The only real difference between one organization and another is the performance of its people.

Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

In the next economic downturn there will be an outbreak of bitterness and contempt for the supercorporate chieftains who pay themselves millions. In every major economic downturn in US history the villains have been the heroes during the preceding boom.

Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities.

The enterprise, by definition, must be capable of producing more or better than all the resources that comprise it.