Managers Are Agents Of Transformation, Converting The

An Organization Belongs On A Sick List When Promotion Becomes More Important To Its People Than Accomplishment Of Their Job They Are In. It Is Sick When It Is More Concerned With Avoiding Mistakes Than With Taking Risks, With Counteracting The Weaknesses Of Its Members Than With Building On Their Strength. But It Is Sick Also When "good Human Relations" Become More Important Than Performance And Achievement.

Management Is Not Being Brilliant. Management Is Being Conscientious.

In Book Subjects A Student Can Only Do A Student's Work. All That Can Be Measured Is How Well He Learns, Rather Than How Well He Performs. All He Can Show Is Promise.

You Cannot Prevent A Major Catastrophe, But You Can Build An Organization That Is Battle-ready, Where People Trust One Another. In Military Training, The First Rule Is To Instill Soldiers With Trust In Their Officers - Because Without Trust, They Won't Fight.

Most Leaders Don't Need To Learn What To Do. They Need To Learn What To Stop.