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.

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

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

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.

Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

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.

Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.