Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
WARREN G. BENNISSuccessful leaders are great askers
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Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
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Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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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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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, “How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?”
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Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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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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To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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