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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

Warren G. Bennis

That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Future Leader Leadership Opposites
If 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.
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Ego Give Up Leader
Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Demand Development Moving
Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble
Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Fall Risk Wire
Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Character Expediency Judgment
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as “a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures.”
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Crucible Political Powerful
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future… I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches… facilitate learning.
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Certain Coaching Leader
Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Character Credibility No Trust
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Inspirational Leader Leadership Management
Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.
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Leaders People Roles
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Leader Management People

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