Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their words and behavior match; they are always engaged in and by the world; they are open to "reflective backtalk": they can speak with conviction because they believe in what they are saying...and everyone else knows that. They are comfortable in their own skin. They feel at ease in the spotlight and they enjoy it there. They tend to be more receptive to opportunity and risk.

The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.

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

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

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.