The First Job Of A Leader Is

Power Is The Basic Energy Needed To Initiate And Sustain Action Or, To Put It Another Way, The Capacity To Translate Intention Into Reality And Sustain It. Leadership Is The Wise Use Of This Power: Transformative Leadership.

The Manager Administers; The Leader Innovates.

I Used To Think That Running An Organization Was Equivalent To Conducting A Symphony Orchestra. But I Don't Think That's Quite It; It's More Like Jazz. There Is More Improvisation. Someone Once Wrote That The Sound Of Surprise Is Jazz, And If There's Any One Thing That We Must Try To Get Used To In This World, It's Surprise And The Unexpected. Truly, We Are Living In World Where The Only Thing That's Constant Is Change.

Without A Terrific Leader, You're Not Going To Have A Great Group. But It Is Also True That You're Not Going To Have A Great Leader Without A Great Group.

If I Were To Give Off-the-cuff Advice To Anyone Trying To Institute Change, I Would Say, "how Clear Is The Metaphor?"