Leaders grow; they are not made.

Most executives have learned that what one postpones, one actually abandons ... timing is a most important element in the success of any effort. To do five years later what would have been smart to do five years earlier, is almost a sure recipe for frustration and failure.

We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.

Management and entrepreneurship are only two different dimensions of the same task. An entrepreneur who does not learn how to manage will not last long. A management that does not learn to innovate will not last long.

People are effective because they say 'no,' because they say, 'this isn't for me.'

The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.

We've spent the last 30 years focusing on the T in IT, and we'll spend the next 30 years focusing on the I.