You Can't Inspire People If You Are

Anyone Believing The Tpp Is Good For Americans Take Note: The Foreign Subsidiaries Of U.s.-based Corporations Could Just As Easily Challenge Any U.s. Government Regulation They Claim Unfairly Diminishes Their Profits - Say, A Regulation Protecting American Consumers From Unsafe Products Or Unhealthy Foods, Investors From Fraudulent Securities Or Predatory Lending, Workers From Unsafe Working Conditions, Taxpayers From Another Bailout Of Wall Street, Or The Environment From Toxic Emissions.

The Faith That Anyone Could Move From Rags To Riches - With Enough Guts And Gumption, Hard Work And Nose To The Grindstone - Was Once At The Core Of The American Dream.

Well-trained And Dedicated Employees Are The Only Sustainable Source Of Competitive Strength.

As A Top Manager, You Have To Not Just Reward Truth-telling, You've Got To Beg For It, And You've Got To Demand That Everyone Around You Gives You Constructive Criticism, Constantly. You've Got To Get Out Of The Bubble, So That You Can Get Direct Feedback From Everybody Who's Being Affected.

If Leadership Is About Anything, It's About Leading. Not Leading People Back To Where They Already Are, Because They Don't Need That. They're Already There.