In Great Groups, The Right People Always

Effective Leaders Make A Full Commitment To Be A Learner, To Keep Increasing And Nourishing Their Knowledge And Wisdom.

Unlike Top Management At Enron, Exemplary Leaders Reward Dissent. They Encourage It. They Understand That, Whatever Momentary Discomfort They Experience As A Result Of Being Told They Might Be Wrong, It Is More Than Offset By The Fact That The Information Will Help Them Make Better Decisions.

Leaders Keep Their Eyes On The Horizon, Not Just On The Bottom Line.

Create Strategic Alliances And Partnerships: Now And In Years To Come, Shrewd Leaders Will Create Allegiances With Other Organizations Whose Fates Are Correlated With Their Own.

Every One Of The Geezers Who Continues To Play A Leadership Role Has One Quality Of Overriding Importance: Neotony. The Dictionary Definition Is That Neotony, A Zoological Term, Involves "the Retention Of Youthful Qualities Throughout Old Age." It Is More Than Merely Retaining A Youthful Appearance, Although That Is Often Part Of It. Neotony Is The Retention Of All Those Wonderful Qualities That We Associate With Youth: Curiosity, Playfulness, Eagerness, Fearlessness, Warmth, Energy.