Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution.

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them.