Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character

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.

To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.