To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.

Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.

When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.

If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.