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It's important for a leader to hear about his blind spots on a regular basis so working on them is periodically top of mind.

One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.

Basically, as a leader, I try not to make any mistakes, because there's a lot of people watching even though you don't think so.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well.

I've met so many leaders who realize that telling your colleagues something that is on your mind is so much easier than keeping it in. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads are not nearly as big a deal as we think.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.

I don't like sweating the details, and I'm pretty disorganized. To be a better leader, I need to stay on top of these shortcomings, and being reminded really helps.