Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. Read Summary
An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. Read Summary
I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems. Read Summary
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that. Read Summary
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. Read Summary
I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. Read Summary
If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck. Read Summary
The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand. Read Summary
Don't manage - lead change before you have to. Read Summary
My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. Read Summary