The Manager Has A Short-range View; The

Think Of Successful Creative Collaborations Are Dreams With Deadlines.

The Ability To Plan For What Has Not Yet Happened, For A Future That Has Only Been Imagined, Is One Of The Hallmarks Of Leadership.

This Is More Than Just Having A Vision. You Can See The Difference In The Often-cited Way In Which Steve Jobs Brought In John Sculley To Take Over Apple. At The Time, Sculley Was Destined To Be The Head Of Pepsico. The Clincher Came When Jobs Asked Him, "how Many More Years Of Your Life Do You Want To Spend Making Colored Water When You Can Have An Opportunity To Come Here And Change The World?"

Successful Leaders Are Great Askers

What Makes A Good Follower? The Single Most Important Characteristic May Well Be A Willingness To Tell The Truth. In A World Of Growing Complexity Leaders Are Increasingly Dependent On Their Subordinates For Good Information, Whether The Leaders Want To Hear It Or Not. Followers Who Tell The Truth And Leaders Who Listen To It Are An Unbeatable Combination.