"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.
If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'
Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness.
Make every decision as if you owned the company.
When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.