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.

Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

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

You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military training, the first rule is to instill soldiers with trust in their officers - because without trust, they won't fight.