I was a nobody when I met with the publisher. Nobody knew who I was. I was doing some speaking for entrepreneurs. I did little groups. I had no following.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

I knew what I did and I knew how I did it, but I didn't know why.

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.

People who believe I'm an idiot don't hire me and they don't call.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.