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We’ve learned that time-tellers can become clock-builders, and we’re learning how to help time-tellers make the transition. We’ve learned that, if anything, we underestimated the importance of alignment, and we’re learning much about how to create alignment within organizations. We’ve learned that purpose — when properly conceived — has a profound effect upon an organization beyond what core values alone can do, and that organizations should put more effort into identifying their purpose.

— Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras

When things are going best is when you have the opportunity to be the strongest, most demanding, and most effective in your leadership. A strong wind is at your back, but it requires an understanding of the perils produced by victory to prevent that wind from blowing you over.

— The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, et al.

Expertise is the inventory of knowledge and experience you possess on a particular subject. You’re not necessarily born with it; you develop it, research it, thrive on learning as much about your subject as you possibly can. The greater your expertise, the greater your potential to teach, the stronger and more productive you can be as a leader.

— The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, et al.