There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.

Do what you say you will do.

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.

Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the status quo facilitates mediocrity. Those who embrace this practice do not wish to rest on their laurels. They motivate others to exceed their limits and look for innovative ways to improve the organization.

If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.

It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we try to get a mental picture of what things will be like long before we have begun the journey. Visions are our windows on the world of tomorrow.

Only those leaders who act boldly in times of crisis and change are willingly followed.