Things I learned...still making a list.

Writing, compiling CEO interviews in 2009 some of the points that came out are below:

CEO’s are willing but they need to be asked.
People concentrate on their passions, including CEO’s.
Regarding ethics: everyone takes a hit, the more humble the bigger the hit.
Benefits are the last thing that should be cut from the payroll.
People are important, little ones and big ones alike.
Education is critical. The more education the more you add value as a person.
Doing what is right when no one is looking is important. In Exodus when Moses thought no one was watching he killed a man. But someone was watching.
If you are the CEO the Board of Directors are should be watching.
Matrixes are critical to safety, sales, quality control, product quality, revenue and expenses, budgets, payroll, taxes…all aspects of business need monitoring.