"Average sales people, average department heads, average marketeers, average engineers, average teachers/trainers, and average leadership will get you an average organization.  The business boneyard is replete with average organizations."

"Change is the mother of progress, but it creates tension and conflict for the good of the organization."

"It is the heart, soul, will, and spirit of the leader and his executive decisions that will determine organizational success and longevity."

From Section 2 of "Executive Courage - Sometimes You Have to Walk Point", soon to be published.