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Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction.
You need to plan the way a fire department plans: It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be,
The sad news is, nobody owes you a career. Your career is literally your business.
Middle managers—especially those who deal with the outside world, like people in sales—are often the first to realize that what worked before doesn’t quite work anymore; that the rules are changing.
When you’re caught in the turbulence of a strategic inflection point, the sad fact is that instinct and judgment are all you’ve got to guide you through.
People who have no emotional stake in a decision can see what needs to be done sooner.
If existing management want to keep their jobs when the basics of the business are undergoing profound change, they must adopt an outsider’s intellectual objectivity.
raw materials are not your only resource. Your best people—their knowledge, skills and expertise—are an equally important resource.
if you’re in a leadership position, how you spend your time has enormous symbolic value.
Strategic change doesn’t just start at the top. It starts with your calendar.
The greatest danger is in standing still.
Communicating strategic change in an interactive, exposed fashion is not easy. But it is absolutely necessary.
