Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

People vary enormously in how they learn. Some learn through their eyes - by reading but also by responding to all kinds of visual information. Others learn mostly through their ears or touch or other senses.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

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

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.