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

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leadersare made rather than born.

Neoteny is more than retaining a youthful appearance, although that is often part of it. Neoteny is the retention of all those wonderful qualities that we associate with youth: curiosity, playfulness, eagerness, fearlessness, warmth, energy....

If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in...

The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow...

Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are...

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