The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

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

Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation. A leader must be able to leverage more than his own capabilities. He must be capable of inspiring other people to do things without actually sitting on top of them with a checklist.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.