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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.

Warren G. Bennis

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
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
That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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Challenges Keys Today
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
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.
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Leaders People Roles
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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Backward Enemy Ideas Themselves Winning
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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Errors Knowing Worry
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
Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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People Reality Vision
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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Jobs Opportunity Years
Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.
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Leader People Together
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
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
There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Differences Knowledge Learning
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Dance Leadership Music

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