You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

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.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.

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