Sublime

“There’s a big difference between a company that succeeds and one that doesn’t,” I continued. “Your workers, whether they realize it or not, already believe you are the difference!”

Oppie had an almost uncanny way of appearing at crucial moments in the complex process.

Many Great Groups are secretive even when they don’t have to be.

But as the leader, it is your responsibility—and an incredible opportunity—to change your part, thus affecting the whole organism of your business.”

Such leaders understand very basic truths about human beings. They know that we long for meaning.

Leaders of Great Groups inevitably have exquisite taste. They are not creators in the same sense that the others are. Rather, they are curators, whose job is not to make, but to choose. The ability to recognize excellence in others and their work may be the defining talent of leaders of Great Groups.