"Leading" is about mobilizing people toward valued goals.

Right now we're in the midst of a grand experiment on how best to harness the incredible power of the Internet while we struggle to maintain useful boundaries among the different parts of our lives.

I'm a humanist and an optimist.

My view is that leadership is not about position - you can lead very well with no one reporting to you in a hierarchy and you can lead quite poorly with many people below you in the traditional chain of command. Leadership is about mobilizing people toward valued goals, and anyone can do this, in any aspect of life.

The act of envisioning is mainly useful as a means for identifying what matters most to you now.

If you're searching for "work/life balance" you'll always be disappointed because "balance" connotes a zero-sum equation.

The more attention we can devote to helping developing leaders tune in to their core values - drawing on their real experience and their true aspirations in life - the more likely it is they'll make smart choices about how and where to invest their talents.