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

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

The best plan is only a plan... unless it degerates into work.

We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.

Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

Knowledge has become the key resource of the world economy.

Don't take on things you don't believe in and that you yourself are not good at. Learn to say no. Effective leaders match the objective needs of their company with the subjective competencies. As a result, they get an enormous amount of things done fast.