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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

Warren G. Bennis

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
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
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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Demand Development Moving
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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Character Moving Successful
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Fall Risk Wire
Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.
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Individual Possibly Real Self Something Thinking
First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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Firsts Judgment Leader
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Hospitality Leadership World
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
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Mistake More Nothing Worst
Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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Commitment Knowledge Leader Wisdom
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Inspirational Leadership People
That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Future Leader Leadership Opposites
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying

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