Since the leadership team can be the firm’s most valuable asset or its worst liability, leadership development should be a core business management process sponsored by the CEO, overseen by the Board of Directors, and facilitated by the HR department. [ On Leadership and Human Capital]

The CEO’s key challenge in formulating and executing the right strategy is not in finding answers to the tough questions, the challenge is in asking the right questions [On how to Evaluate a CEO]

More often than not, a C.E.O is merely a puppet whose strings are pulled by a board of directors.

CEO's performance is as good as the performance of his middle managers

Leadership at the civic level is designed to be inclusive, but has difficulty being effective. In the private sector, leadership is based on meritocracy. Digital economy should be led by the private sector and the role of government should be to facilitate and support it. [On Strategies for Global Digital Economy]

A continuous supply of high performance executive talent is probably the only sustainable competitive advantage in today’s global marketplace. [On Leadership as Strategic Competitive Advantage]