It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

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Management must manage!

Management must manage!

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is...

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is...

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything...

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything...

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.