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

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.

Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.

A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through shared meaning, a distinctive voice, and unshakeable integrity. These four qualities mark all exemplary leaders, whatever their age, gender, ethnicity, or race.

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