Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Those who re-enter the workplace filled with new enthusiasm and new ideas often find a chilly response on the part of their supervisors.
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Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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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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Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.
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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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Something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It’s as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
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