Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. |
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. |
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. |
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. |
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning. |
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them. |
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. |
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. |
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. |
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. |
Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. |
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions. |
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. |
Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person |
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. |