It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

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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 read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

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...

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...

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

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. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

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

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

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...

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...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Two's company, three's a crowd

Two's company, three's a crowd

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...