The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the read more

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because read more

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

A business with an income at its heels.

A business with an income at its heels.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what read more

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.