Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

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

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

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.

Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.

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

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.