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.

People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

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

This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple. At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, "How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?"

Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.