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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

I like to think of myself as a leader whose door is always open. But I recently learned that an open door isn't enough.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.