Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.

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.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

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

If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.

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

Not to innovate is the single largest reason for the decline of existing organizations. Not to know how to manage is the single largest reason for the failure of new ventures.