There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.

Perhaps, therefore, ideal stage managers not only need to be calm and meticulous professionals who know their craft, but masochists who feel pride in rising above impossible odds.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.