Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
WARREN G. BENNISIf 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.
WARREN G. BENNISThe manager administers; the leader innovates.
WARREN G. BENNISPower 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.
WARREN G. BENNISCompanies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
WARREN G. BENNISThat is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
WARREN G. BENNISIt is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
WARREN G. BENNISIf knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
WARREN G. BENNISFollowers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
WARREN G. BENNISEmbrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
WARREN G. BENNISIn great groups, the right people always have the right job.
WARREN G. BENNISManage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
WARREN G. BENNISThis duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others’ judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders 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.
WARREN G. BENNISThe ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
WARREN G. BENNIS