You have to stand out if you want to move up.

Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.

Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

For me, reading is reading.

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.

I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.

One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period