Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
WARREN G. BENNISThose who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It’s as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
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People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.
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Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
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First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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