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…executives need to go back to seeing themselves as stewards of great institutions that exist to serve all the stakeholders.

…the wrong way to view an executive firing is as an executive failure; the correct way to view an executive firing is an interview/integration process system failure.

Consensus decisions about executives almost always sway the process away from strength and toward lack of weakness. It’s a lonely job, but somebody (only the CEO) has to do it.

…the right kind of ambition is ambition for the company’s success with the executive’s own success only coming as a by-product of the company’s victory. – Andy Grove

There is no such thing as a good executive. There is only a great executive for a specific company at a specific point in time.

Predicting whether an executive can scale corrupts your ability to manage, is unfair, and doesn’t work.

…when it comes to CEO succession, internal candidates dramatically outperform external candidates. The core reason is knowledge.

…the number-one way that executives fail is by continuing to do their old job rather than moving on to their new job.

…your loyalty must go to your employees – the people who report to your executives… You own them a world-class management team. That’s the priority.

…if work and worker are grossly mismanaged, there will be no economic performance, no matter how good the chief executive may be in managing the business.