The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.
Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless... someone's got to make a wake up call.
Create strategic alliances and partnerships: Now and in years to come, shrewd leaders will create allegiances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own.