Attention is the currency of leadership.

What people resist is not change per se, but loss.

Values are shaped and refined by rubbing against real problems, and people interpret their problems according to the values they hold.

If you find what you do each day seems to have no link to any higher purpose, you probably want to rethink what you're doing.

The improvisational ability to lead adaptively relies on responding to the present situation rather than importing the past into the present and laying it on the current situation like an imperfect template.

Knowing how the environment is pulling your strings and playing you is critical to making responsive rather than reactive moves.

Your inspiration taps hidden reserves of promise that sustain people through times that induce despair. You enable people to envision a future that sustains the best from their past while also holding out new possibilities.