Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
WARREN G. BENNISIn great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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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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Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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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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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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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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Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.
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Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
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