Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

Have a vision. Be demanding.

Have a vision; but it's not enough to have a vision, you have to communicate that vision to others. You have to communicate it to people who work with you and for you. You have to communicate it to the world leaders with whom you come in touch.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

I have seen many organizations where there is this sense of purpose in the headquarters but it never gets cascaded down to everybody within the organization.