If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

We are at that very point in time when a 400-year old age is rattling in its death bed and another is struggling to be born.

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

If you think you can't, why think

An organization's success has more to do with clarity of shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to assets, expertise, operating ability or management competence, important as they may be.

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia.