More often than not, a C.E.O is merely a puppet whose strings are pulled by a board of directors.

Since the leadership team can be the firm’s most valuable asset or its worst liability, leadership development should be a core business management process sponsored by the CEO, overseen by the Board of Directors, and facilitated by the HR department. [ On Leadership and Human Capital]

Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.

Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs.

A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water.

Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear.