Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
WARREN G. BENNISPeople 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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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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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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In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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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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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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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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Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there’s any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it’s surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that’s constant is change.
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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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Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
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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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Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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