A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.

If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

To keep an organization young and fit, don't hire anyone until everybody's so overworked they'll be glad to see the newcomer no matter where he sits.

An idea's worth is directly proportional to the opposition created.

It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.

Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

We know there is a problem with communication but we are not going to discuss it in front of the entire staff.