The X Factor Of A Great Leader

Level 5 Leaders Channel Their Ego Needs Away From Themselves And Into The Larger Goal Of Building A Great Company. It's Not That Level 5 Leaders Have No Ego Or Self-interest. Indeed, They Are Incredibly Ambitious-but Their Ambition Is First And Foremost For The Institution, Not Themselves.

If I'm Going Really, Really Fast, I Can Do A Page Of Finished Text A Day, On Average.

Consider The Idea That Charisma Can Be As Much A Liability As An Asset. Your Strength Of Personality Can Sow The Seeds Of Problems, When People Filter The Brutal Facts From You.

If We Allow The Celebrity Rock-star Model Of Leadership To Triumph, We Will See The Decline Of Corporations And Institutions Of All Types. The Twentieth Century Was A Century Of Greatness, But We Face The Very Real Prospect That The Next Century Will See Very Few Enduring Great Institutions.

Change Your Practices Without Abandoning Your Core Values.