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

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

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

The capacity for "uncontaminated wonder," ultimately, is what distinguishes the successful from the ordinary, the happily engaged players of whatever era from the chronically disappointed and malcontent. Therein lies a lesson for geeks, geezers, and the sea of people who fall in between.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.