Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them.

One of the qualities that all the leaders have is a voracious appetite to learn whatever they do not as yet know and understand, coupled with an openness to new experiences.

Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.

I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that.

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.