History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated..

There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and co….

Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, ….

Do first things first, and second things not at all..

Change is the norm; unless an organization sees that its task is to lead change, that organization will not survive..

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength..

Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance..

In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill..

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system's weaknesses irrelevant..

Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure..

A manager sets objectives - A manager organizes - A manager motivates and communicates - A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures - A manager ….

Since we live in an age of innovation, a practical education must prepare a man for work that does not yet exist and cannot yet be clearly defined..

One does not "manage" people. The task is to lead people..

Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds of dangerous allian….

Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with knowledge ….

The best way to predict the future is to create it..

I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline..

Ideas are like frog eggs: you've got to lay a thousand to hatch one..

[Management] has authority only as long as it performs..

What people in business think they know about the customer and market is likely to be more wrong than right...the customer rarely buys what the busin….

Results is all that separates one company from another..