“Leadership’s primary job is to enhance creative capacity by developing collectively effective leadership.”

“The structure of our identity determines how we show up as a leader, how we deploy ourselves into circumstances.”

“Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies.”

“Collective leadership effectiveness drives business performance.”

“When a Promise of Leadership is neglected or unfulfilled, trust is broken, engagement erodes, and performance suffers.”

“Leaders have the right to expect that others will compassionately recognize them.”

“If you want to break through to higher levels of performance, you must allow yourself to be restructured.”

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, theyll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, theyll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Tha...”

“Dont worry, Im not quitting. Ive decided Im going to stay andmake his life a living hell while I run his business into the ground.--Kim to Abe”

“A man who tells you to follow him will turn his followers into his company, while a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.”

“In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.”

“I discovered that all these rulers were men. What they had in common was an avaricious and distorted personality, a never-ending appetite for money, sex and unlimited power. They were men who sowed...”