Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
JAMES C. COLLINSCreative leadership impact increases in your 50’s. When I turn 50 I want to say, “Nice start!”
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If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I could. I’d put off everything else to fill my bus. Because things are going to come back. My flywheel is going to start to turn.
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The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
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Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.
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An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.
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Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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Not all time in life is equal. How many opportunities do you get to talk about what your life is going to add up to with people thinking about the same question?
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People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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A visionary company doesn’t simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
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