The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.

Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"

Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme.

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.

If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.