Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.

Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

One of the qualities that all the leaders have is a voracious appetite to learn whatever they do not as yet know and understand, coupled with an openness to new experiences.

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

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