Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?
Make every decision as if you owned the company.
Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.
We know there is a problem with communication but we are not going to discuss it in front of the entire staff.
If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.