Leadership Is Like Beauty - It's Hard

Frank Gehry Designs Buildings That Make Other Architects Half His Age (he's 78) Gasp With Envy. Neotony Is What Makes Him Lace Up His Skates And Whirl Around The Ice Rink, While Visionary Buildings Come To Life And Dance In His Head.

I'd Always Rather Err On The Side Of Openness. But There's A Difference Between Optimum And Maximum Openness, And Fixing That Boundary Is A Judgment Call. The Art Of Leadership Is Knowing How Much Information You're Going To Pass On - To Keep People Motivated And To Be As Honest, As Upfront, As You Can. But, Boy, There Really Are Limits To That.

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

The Manager Administers; The Leader Innovates.

Some Of The Strongest Resistance To Necessary Change Is The Result Of What Jim O'toole Has So Aptly Characterized As "the Ideology Of Comfort And The Tyranny Of Custom."