There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

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 scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.

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 great people to do the work they were born to do.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.