Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.

If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power.

Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have a war without one."