A manager's task is to make the strengths of people effective and their weakness irrelevant - and that applies fully as much to the manager's boss as it applies to the manager's subordinates.

Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a Central government

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

The greatest challenge to organizations is the balance between continuity and change. You need both. At different times, the balance is slightly more over here, or slightly more over there, but you need both. And balance is basically the greatest task in leadership. Organizations have to have continuity, and yet if there is not enough new challenge, not enough change, they become empty bureaucracies, awfully fast.

Change is the norm; unless an organization sees that its task is to lead change, that organization will not survive.

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

Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.