Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Great leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition.

Most US corporations today are over-managed and under-led. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.