If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk..

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow..

Leaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey..

Leaders encourage others to continue the quest and inspire others through courage and hope. Leaders give heart by visibly recognizing others' contrib….

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing..

The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present..

A leader with integrity has one self, at home and at work, with family and with colleagues. He or she has a unifying set of values that guide choices….

Only those leaders who act boldly in times of crisis and change are willingly followed..

If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer..

We have to recognize that however smart we are, we're not smarter than everyone else combined. . . . We can't lose sight of the fact that no matter ….

You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings..

Leaders strengthen credibility by demonstrating that they are not in it for themselves, instead they have the interests of the institution, departmen….

Do what you say you will do..

There is no freeway to the future, no paved highway from here to there. There is only wilderness, uncertain terrain. There are no roadmaps, no signpo….

Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the s….

It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we try to get….

Leadership isn’t the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It’s a process ordinary people use when they’re bringing forth the best from….

The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A story is a narrative on an ev….

It always takes a group of people working together with a common purpose in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration to get extraordinary things done..

You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world can you inspire an….