Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is.

Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two - and only these two — basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are 'costs'.

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

Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may veer off its course for many miles. Without a compass bearing, a ship would neither find its port nor be able to estimate the time required to get there.

Any organisation develops people; it either forms them or deforms them.

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

Leadership is all about getting results.