You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can...

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can...

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness...

What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness...

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can...

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can...

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at...

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at...

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

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

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly...

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on...

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on...

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

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

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman...

I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman...

True love doesn't come to you, it has to be inside you.

True love doesn't come to you, it has to be inside you.

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...