Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.

In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.