Get the best people

"I always say," Michael stated on the phone. "Talk is free."

"Plans are nice...but money talks," a consultant friend of mine once said. How right they both are.

Lots of companies are long on talk.

Regardless of the intentions expressed in business plans, where we put our key people and money is the direction in which our companies are going to move.

I am convinced we should invest resources for tomorrow. Get the best people.

Individuals are not created equal. They are talented people and not-so-talented people. Too many leaders "settle" for less than the best people.

I don't. I get the best people. That's a prerequisite for the success of our tomorrow.

from left: Shirley, Simon, Jerry, Roanna, Chloe