Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.