Learning To Be An Effective Leader Is

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.

Leadership (according To John Sculley) Revolves Around Vision, Ideas, Direction, And Has More To Do With Inspiring People As To Direction And Goals Than With Day-to-day Implementation. A Leader Must Be Able To Leverage More Than His Own Capabilities. He Must Be Capable Of Inspiring Other People To Do Things Without Actually Sitting On Top Of Them With A Checklist.

You Are Your Own Raw Material. When You Know What You Consist Of And What You Want To Make Of It, Then You Can Invent Yourself.

Understand The "gretzky Factor": Cultivate An Instinct, A "touch", Call It What You Will, That Enables You To Know Both Where The "puck" Is Now And Where It Will Be Soon.

See The Long View: By All Means "plant The Corn, Milk The Cows, And Feed The Horses" But Always Keep The Eventual "harvest" In Mind.