If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.

Understand the "Pygmalion Effect": Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.

The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.

This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others' judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.

Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated.

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.