Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
WARREN G. BENNISAround the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Understand the “Gretzky Factor”: Cultivate an instinct, a “touch”, call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the “puck” is now and where it will be soon.
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The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an “enemy.”
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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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Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
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Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future… I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches… facilitate learning.
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Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. They do not worry about failure but embrace errors, knowing they will learn from them.
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Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others’ judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
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Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple.
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At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, “How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?”
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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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