There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't.

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system's weaknesses irrelevant.

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

Unless strategy evaluation is performed seriously and systematically, and unless strategists are willing to act on the results, energy will be used up defending yesterday.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.