Knowledge Applied Is Productivity.

Meetings Are By Definition A Concession To Deficient Organization. For One Either Meets Or One Works.

The Essence Of Management Is To Make Knowledge Productive.

The Effective Executive Knows That It Is Easier To Raise The Performance Of One Leader Than It Is To Raise The Performance Of A Whole Mass. She Therefore Makes Sure She Puts Into The Leadership Position, Into The Standard-setting, The Performance-making Position The Person Who Has The Strength To Do The Outstanding Pacesetting Job. This Always Requires Focus On The One Strength Of A Person And Dismissal Of Weaknesses As Irrelevant Unless They Hamper The Full Deployment Of The Available Strength.

Conductors Do Not Know How The Oboe Does Its Work, But They Know What The Oboe Should Contribute.

Inside An Organization There Are Only Cost Centers. The Only Profit Center Is A Customer Whose Check Has Not Bounced.