Understand Stakeholder Symmetry: Find The Appropriate Balance

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.

I Wanted The Influence. In The End I Wasn't Very Good At Being A President. I Looked Out Of The Window And Thought That The Man Cutting The Lawn Actually Seemed To Have More Control Over What He Was Doing.

The Most Dangerous Leadership Myth Is That Leaders Are Born - That There Is A Genetic Factor To Leadership. This Myth Asserts That People Simply Either Have Certain Charismatic Qualities Or Not. That's Nonsense; In Fact, The Opposite Is True. Leaders Are Made Rather Than Born.

Almost Without Exception, Members Of Great Groups See Themselves As Winning Underdogs, As A Feisty David Hurling Fresh Ideas At A Big, Backward-looking Goliath. They Always Have An "enemy."

The Most Dangerous Leadership Myth Is That Leaders Are Born.