In great groups, the right people always have the right job.

Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.

The crucible is a dividing line, a turning point, and those who have gone through it feel they are very different from the way they were before. Believing that they have been transformed or have transformed themselves, those who survive the crucible (and many don't) are more confident, more willing to take future risks. That new self-confidence is grounded in the belief that he or she has done something hard and done it well.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

In great groups, the right people always have the right job.

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.