The best leader acts without action, leads without ordering. When the task is accomplished, people think they did it all by themselves. Empowerment delegates responsibility, authority, and information to the people at the hands-on levels in an organization. People need to be empowered with ownership, responsibility, knowledge, and skills so that they are committed to do the best for the organization. Collaboration is another value the leadership needs to encourage.
Team players bring complementary strengths to compensate weaknesses of each other.
When it works, the team is stronger than the sum of individual team members. The culture of collaboration can be cultivated by sharing responsibilities and credits in an organization. Lifelong learning, meanwhile, could be described as the ultimate goal of education. These four disciplines are fundamental to the lifelong development of a person's mind, heart and soul. An education system for lifelong learning will depend on partnerships linking schools, parents, universities, churches, business communities, industries, and governments.