Great Things Are Achieved By

Create Strategic Alliances And Partnerships: Now And In Years To Come, Shrewd Leaders Will Create Allegiances With Other Organizations Whose Fates Are Correlated With Their Own.

Encourage Dissent: Leaders Should Have Associates Who Have Contrary Views, Who Are Devil's Advocates, "variance Sensors" Who Can Tell Them The Difference Between What Is Expected And What Is Really Happening, Between What They Want To Hear And What They Need To Hear. There Are Too Many Naked Emperors Running Around Today.

Recognize And Respect Mutual Self-interests, Then Build Creative Collaborations To Serve Them.

The Crucible Is A Dividing Line, A Turning Point, And Those Who Have Gone Through It Feel They Are Very Different From The Way They Were Before. Believing That They Have Been Transformed Or Have Transformed Themselves, Those Who Survive The Crucible (and Many Don't) Are More Confident, More Willing To Take Future Risks. That New Self-confidence Is Grounded In The Belief That He Or She Has Done Something Hard And Done It Well.

Who Succeeds In Forming And Leading A Great Group? He Or She Is Almost Always A Pragmatic Dreamer. They Are People Who Get Things Done, But They Are People With Immortal Longings. Often, They Are Scientifically Minded People With Poetry In Their Souls.