The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.

If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer.

There is no freeway to the future, no paved highway from here to there. There is only wilderness, uncertain terrain. There are no roadmaps, no signposts. So pioneering leaders rely upon a compass and a dream

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

You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.

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.

Leaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey.