Every great group is an island... but an island with a bridge to the mainland.

Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.

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

The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.