In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.

The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.

Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation. A leader must be able to leverage more than his own capabilities. He must be capable of inspiring other people to do things without actually sitting on top of them with a checklist.

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.

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.