A Great Idea Is Not Enough.

Competition Has Never Been More Threatening Than It Is Now. Innovative Thinkers Challenge The Status Quo In Their Organizations. They Are Often Viewed As "troublemakers." They Threaten The Defenders Of The Status Quo. So Competition Within An Organization Can Also Be Brutal. The Most Effective Leaders Overcome "the Ideology Of Comfort And The Tyranny Of Custom" By Being Change Agents Themselves. They Encourage And Reward Innovative Thinking. I Have Observed That People Only Resist Changes Imposed On Them By Other People.

Power Is America's Last Dirty Word. It Is Easier To Talk About Money - And Much Easier To Talk About Sex - Than It Is To Talk About Power.

It Is Easier To Talk About Money -- And Much Easier To Talk About Sex -- Than It Is To Talk About Power. People Who Have It Deny It; People Who Want It Do Not Want To Appear To Hunger For It; And People Who Engage In Its Machinations Do So Secretly.

Passion For A Goal Doesn't Guarantee Success, But Without It, You Can't Even Begin.

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.