Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.
The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change.
I’ve found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.
Leaders must pick causes they won’t abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
Innovative organizations provide the freedom to act which arouses the desire to act.
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 to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they’ve never seen before, something that does not yet exist.
To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that’s what leadership is.
Power is the ability to get things done.
Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.
Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.
Passion for a goal doesn’t guarantee success, but without it, you can’t even begin.
I’ve been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I’ve come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.
A basic truth of management – if not of life – is that nearly everything looks like a failure in the middle.
Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes “winning” possible.
The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.
Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be.
Everything looks like a failure in the middle.