Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand. - Ben Horowitz

A healthy company culture encourages people to share bad news. A company that discusses its problems freely and openly can quickly solve them. A company that covers up its problems frustrates everyone involved. The resulting action item for CEOs: Build a culture that rewards — not punishes — people for getting problems into the open where they can be solved.

Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.

Ironically, the key to an emotional discussion is to take the emotion out of it. To do that, you must be very clear in your mind about what you’ve decided and what you want to do.