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.

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking.

Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.

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

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity