Once a year ask the boss, 'What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?' and 'What do I or my people do that hampers you?' -- Managing for the Future: The 1990's and Beyond (1992)

Never underrate the boss! The boss may look illiterate. He may look stupid. But there is no risk at all in overrating a boss. If you underrate him he will bitt…

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we…

Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: 'I know w…

The subordinate's job is not to reform or reeducate the boss, not to make him conform to what the business schools or the management book say bosses should be …

'Hey boss, do you think I look like a caveman?' - 'I don't know about that, but you bloody play like one.'

Beware of Methodologies. They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating …