If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.

The passion to change the world for the better is a more powerful force than defense to keep it the same.

Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.

People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably dysfunctional organizations. The people that bring me in know what they're doing won't work for the future. They know they want to change and they want to change for the right reasons. They believe what I believe and that's why they called me.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

Taking a job for the cash is not as important as taking a job for the joy.

Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more