The only industries that function well are the industries that take responsibility for training. The Japanese, you know, assume that when you first come to work you know absolutely nothing. School isn't preparation for work and never was.

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

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

Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates

Most organizations staff their problems & starve their opportunities.

I no longer think that learning how to manage people, especially subordinates, is the most important for executives to learn. I am teaching above all else, how to manage oneself.

The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"