Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

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."

Frank Gehry designs buildings that make other architects half his age (he's 78) gasp with envy. Neotony is what makes him lace up his skates and whirl around the ice rink, while visionary buildings come to life and dance in his head.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

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

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