Jack
encouragement hard-work light
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.
games quality world
The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.
senior team people
Every employee, not just the senior people, should know how a company is doing.
book insecure simple
Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood……. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.
two competition action
There are only two sources of competitive advantage: the ability to learn more about our customers faster than the competition and the ability to turn that learning into action faster than the competition.
learning arrogant assuming
Keep learning; don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth; always assume that you can learn something from someone else.
opportunity missing recessions
Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession.
keys top-management light
Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.
inspirational leadership long
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.
morning pessimist accomplished
Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.
inspirational weed jobs
My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.
inspirational people trivia
An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.
ideas intellectual together
We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.
management holding-on failing
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.