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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Warren G. Bennis

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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Management World
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not.
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Characteristics Important Leader Truth Willingness
Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Character Credibility No Trust
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
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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Leader Leadership Makers
The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.
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Creators Ideas Inspirational Leader
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
Successful leaders are great askers
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Leader Problem Successful
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
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
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
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
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Believe Dream Leadership
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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