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To continue in health, let alone grow, the organization has to again ask itself the questions about its Environments, mission, and core competencies.

Management-by-drive is a sure sign of confusion. It is an admission of incompetence. It is a sign that management does not think.

One owes it to the manager’s subordinates not to tolerate poor performance in their boss. They have a right to be managed with competence, dedication, and achievement.

…every organization,- not just businesses – needs one core competence: innovation.

…knowing where one belongs makes ordinary people – hardworking, competent, but mediocre otherwise – into outstanding performers.

A boss is anyone who has the power and anyone who is likely – let alone certain – to be listened to when he or she has an opinion about you, your performance, your work, your competence and qualifications.

It is time to give up thinking of jobs or career paths as we once did and to think in terms of taking on assignments and acquiring competencies one after the other.

Teaching others can build our competence. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence. When we encourage others to overcome obstacles, it can help us find our own motivation.

We mistake confidence for competence, certainty for credibility, and quantity for quality. We get stuck following people who dominate the discussion instead of those who elevate it.

Helping another person to become a competent leader almost always takes longer than you think and is more difficult than you expect.