To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.

People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.

First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.