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

I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

Leadership is not communicating what we need. Leadership is communicating what we can contribute.

If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.

To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject.