Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.

Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

Oh, don't mind me, " came an extremely sarcastic voice near the wall. “You two go ahead and make out–I'll just sit here and bleed quietly.

In any situation, I choice to keep my peace.

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies.

May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.

An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.

The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again.

In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.

The perpetual enemy of faith in the true God is not atheism (the claim that there is no God), but rather Gnosticism (the claim that God is known).

Great," Percy said. "Seven of us against Hercules." "And a satyr!" Hedge added. "We can take him.

Go straight for souls, and go for the worst.