Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.

Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has to start all over. This is the terrible dilemma of the hesitant decision maker.

The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.