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

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

Walt Disney, of all people, did a good job of describing his own netony. "People who have worked with me say I am 'innocence in action,'" he wrote. "They say I have the innocence and unselfconsciousness of a child. Maybe I have. I still look at the world with uncontaminated wonder."

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

Understand the "Pygmalion Effect": Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.