An idea's worth is directly proportional to the opposition created.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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

Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.