Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

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

A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason that so many workplaces are mediocre, even toxic, in spite of the presence of talent. Leaders of great groups give them whatever they need and free them from everything else.

To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.