I am forever learning and changing.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.

In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to reminisce about being an amateur boxer. But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.