Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1935
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation..
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later..
The world belongs to passionate driven people..
The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead..
The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked toget….
In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States..
Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete..
Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do..
Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They….
Give me a highly successful unionized industry..
You measure your people and you take action on those that don't measure up..
Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance..
There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a ….
If you don't deliver, you don't earn the flexibility..
There is no straight line to a dream..
Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation an….
Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view..
Keep learning; don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something ….
With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and how fast can we get there?'.
Make winners out of every business in your company. Don't carry losers..
Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting th….