What you manage in business is people
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away
Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps.
Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality