Great Leaders Celebrate the Successes of Others One of The Leadership Gift™ principles I like to teach is a reminder: "Don't envy others' success." Good, basic advice we've all heard since we were kids. But what does envying others' success have to do with leading and partnering? Plenty! Envy displays and reinforces our assumptions about the scarcity or abundance of opportunities....

An entrepreneur friend of mine has built and sold eight companies. His new venture is a massive, important economic development project that requires the simultaneous launch of three or four different companies with a large number and variety of partners. As my friend told me about his plans, I found myself leaning farther and farther back in my chair --...