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.

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.

To keep an organization young and fit, don't hire anyone until everybody's so overworked they'll be glad to see the newcomer no matter where he sits.

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.

The world is divided into two classes of people: the few people who make good on their promises (even if they don't promise as much), and the many who don't. Get in Column A and stay there. You'll be very valuable wherever you are.

We know there is a problem with communication but we are not going to discuss it in front of the entire staff.

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