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

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.

It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.

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.

A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.

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.