Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

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

We must move from ... the primacy of technology toward considerations of social justice and equity, from the dictates of organizational convenience toward the aspirations ofself realization and learning, from authoritarianism and dogmatism toward more participation, from uniformity and centralization toward diversity and pluralism, from the concept of work as hard and unavoidable, from life as nasty, brutish, and short toward work as purpose and self~fulfillment, a recognition of leisure as a valid activity in itself.

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

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

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.