Get Keep Right People.

Get The Right People On The Bus, The Wrong People Off The Bus, And The Right People In The Right Seats...

By Definition, It Is Not Possible To Everyone To Be Above The Average.

Those Who Turn Good Organizations Into Great Organizations Are Motivated By A Deep Creative Urge And An Inner Compulsion For Sheer Unadulterated Excellence For Its Own Sake.

Good Is The Enemy Of Great.. The Vast Majority Of Good Companies Remain Just That - Good, But Not Great.

The Best Ceos In Our Research Display Tremendous Ambition For Their Company Combined With The Stoic Will To Do Whatever It Takes, No Matter How Brutal (within The Bounds Of The Company's Core Values), To Make The Company Great. Yet At The Same Time They Display A Remarkable Humility About Themselves, Ascribing Much Of Their Own Success To Luck, Discipline And Preparation Rather Than Personal Genius.