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Warren G. Bennis

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Inspirational Leadership People
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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Created Iron Moment Necessity Something
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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Judgment Keys Principle Teaching
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
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Mistake More Nothing Worst
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
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Inspirational Leader Leadership Management
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as “a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures.”
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Crucible Political Powerful
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Dance Leadership Music
Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Advice Lasts Leader
Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Character Expediency Judgment
If you’re the leader, you’ve got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies – that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.
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Ego Give Up Leader
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands

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