Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.

The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

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."

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated.