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

Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.

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

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

Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an "enemy."

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.

Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.