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

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.

That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.