Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.

Possess the "Nobel Factor": Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change; but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent."

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.