It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments..

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more..

Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely..

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is..

Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results..

Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities..

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster..

Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are n….

The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations..

Confidence is not just in people's heads; it comes from the culture of the organization. It's easier to expect success when working in an organizatio….

Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work force as frequen….

Innovative organizations provide the freedom to act which arouses the desire to act..

Everything looks like a failure in the middle..

After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their peop….

Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the ones with the ideas that move beyond….

America can restore its strengths as the world-respected land of opportunity by returning to open-society principles. An open society invests in peop….

It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power. People who have it deny it; people who want ….

Change demands new learning..

The way innovating companies are designed leaves ambiguities, overlaps, decision conflicts or decision vacuums in some parts of the organisation. Peo….

The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and ….

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial….