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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.

Warren G. Bennis

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
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Leadership Running Thinking
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Character Credibility No Trust
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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Great Groups Rewards Work
Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Dream People Reality
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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Needs People Vision
Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Cards Leadership Servant Tables
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Inspirational Leadership People
Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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Herds Painting Vision
First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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Firsts Judgment Leader
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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Country Instinct Puck Soon
Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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Define Hard Knows Leadership
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Leader Management People
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Follower Leadership Skills
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
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