If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have a war without one."

Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.

One of the qualities that all the leaders have is a voracious appetite to learn whatever they do not as yet know and understand, coupled with an openness to new experiences.

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.