When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.

We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it and what you do simply proves what you believe.

I knew what I did and I knew how I did it, but I didn't know why.

Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.