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]

The worst thing that could happen to any economy is the loss of confidence

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]

When management tends to focus so much on one management area, e.g., sales, and has no time to manage the internal organization challenges, dysfunction creeps in and takes hold. [On Dysfunctional Organization]

Even fast-growing and profitable companies can develop bad internal politics and unproductive work habits that will eventually lead to declining performance. [On Workplace Politics]

The best way the U.S. Government can implement a new change effectively and efficiently is to adopt the private-sector management best practices [On Economic Reforms].