Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

The success and ultimately the survival of every business, large or small, depends in the last analysis on its ability to develop people. This ability is not measured by any of our conventional yardsticks of economic success; yet, is the final measurement.

Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization.

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you’ve got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

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