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Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

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
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Mistake More Nothing Worst
First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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Firsts Judgment Leader
Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
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Initiate Leadership Power Translation Wise
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
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Inspirational Motivational Success
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
Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Advice Lasts Leader
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision
Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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Balance Groups Important
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
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
Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Followers Leadership Telling Truth
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
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.
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Opportunity Optimistic People
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational

Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

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