Vision

"Good business leaders create vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion." - John Welch.
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A Whole New Mind

Industry experts have identified an emerging east-west global division of labor. Danial H. Pink, author of the book "A Whole New Mind", elaborates that the "left brain" intellectual tasks that are routine, logical, and can be specified are migrating to places like Asia where it is cheaper, thanks to lower wages and an abundance of trained engineers. The U.S. will keep "right-brain" activities such as artistry, creativity, and customer relations.
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Brain Fitness

The same advice that we follow to achieve physical fitness applies to brain fitness. Just as daily physical exercises strengthen certain muscle groups, mental exercises will strengthen and enhance cognitive functions. According to Monique Le Poncin's book "Brain Fitness" people can use several mental exercises to strengthen perceptive, visuospatial, structuralization, logic and verbal abilities.
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Margaret J. Wheatley

"The things we fear most in organizations -- fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances -- are the primary sources of creativity." - Margaret J. Wheatley.
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Introverts

Nearly four in ten top executives are introverts, according to a recent USA Today article. The term introvert was first used by Sigmund Freud to describe people's attitude of inward energy flow where the preferred focus is on thoughts and ideas. Workplace experts suggest that introvert executives succeed because they have inner strength. When faced with difficult decisions, introverts worry little about what others will think of them.
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Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a rigorous and disciplined methodology that utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, practices and systems. Six Sigma was pioneered by Motorola in the mid-1980s and has spread to many other organizations. The term literally translates into 3.4 defects per million or 99.9997%.
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Peter Drucker

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." - Peter Drucker.
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