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.

All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking.

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.

People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support

Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.

Understand stakeholder symmetry: Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders.