Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

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.

Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.

No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.