It's a poor bureaucrat who can't stall a good idea until even its sponsor is relieved to see it dead and officially buried.

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.

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?

If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.

Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun.