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.

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.

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

Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.

Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.