The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.

If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.

The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.

I go into every meeting, into every room and for every speech understanding the standard deviation, the Bell Curve. I know there are about 10-15 percent of people in the room, who say, "I've been trying to say this for years. Finally. I agree. Yes, yes, yes." I know there are about 15 percent of the people in the room who think I'm an idiot, who think I don't know what I'm talking about, who think I'm naive or I have oversimplified everything. The majority who are open to the ideal.

Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.

If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.