Sublime

She went into an incredible learning mode, making herself into the CEO Xerox needed to survive.

The scientists could move from one project to another, which meant, member Chuck Thacker recalled, the best projects attracted the best people and “as a result, quality work flourished, less interesting work tended to wither.”

Comme l’a dit Peter Drucker, le leadership « consiste à élever la vision d’un individu vers de nouvelles hauteurs, à améliorer ses performances vers de nouvelles normes, ou à lui construire une personnalité au-delà de ses limitations normales ».

It’s for those who have the courage, the humor, and the energy to make a non-monster company, or a non-monster piece of a monster company, operate as if people were human.

Alan Kay once observed, “The way to do good science is to be incredibly critical without being depressed.” Great Groups don’t lose hope in the face of complexity. The difficulty of the task adds to their joy.

Great Groups have a tendency to give rise to others.

I’ve gone away. Until I get back Henry is chief executive officer. Please don’t hold up decisions. Anything you do in my absence will have my complete support when I return. R. C. T. Two things about this. Rotate the acting successor if you can. Otherwise you’ve named your heir. And don’t say where you’ve gone or when you’ll be back. Remember, you

Self-analysis is always fraught with risk, and there is the danger of patting oneself on the back unduly, but the attributes I would cite are the same ones that I repeatedly hear from those I interview on my show: Luck. There is no doubt that successful leaders seem to have luck along the way. It was a chance encounter that led to my interview with