Far better than a precise plan is a clear sense of direction and compelling beliefs. And that lies within you. The question is, how do you evoke it?

- Dee Hock

Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, e…

- Dee Hock

Heaven is purpose, principle, and people. Purgatory is paper and procedure. Hell is rules and regulations.

- Dee Hock

To put it another way, I believe that purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code of any hea…

- Dee Hock

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

- Dee Hock

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

- Dee Hock

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.

- Dee Hock

You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can recognize it, …

- Dee Hock

Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your tim…

- Dee Hock