Once we get our corporate culture the way we want it, we have to hire people who fit. Otherwise, the wheels fall off the wagon and we quickly find ourselves back where we started.

Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.

Culture outperforms strategy every time; and culture with strategy is unbeatable.

But there is one thing most companies struggle to standardize, and ironically, it's the most important part of our efforts to gain and sustain results. It is leadership.

As there is no insignificant work, there is not an insignificant leader. All leaders need training...not just a few.

It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.

Don't wait till you get bigger to put in place key items, such as staff surveys, peer interviewing for hiring and clear standards of behavior [developed by staff].

It is impossible to make time but you can always make a commitment.

Work smart, not hard

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever. Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.

Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.

Markets, and the way they operate can't be frozen in time and place. A dynamic economy that is growing and increasing material well-being for a large number of people have to change over time.

People think that by getting in touch with some being outside the body, it will solve their problems. This only creates problems. It won't help you a bit.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

You are what you think ... geez, that's frightening.

Obama doesn't want to be called the deporter-in-chief.