Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
WARREN G. BENNISThe 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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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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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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Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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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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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 leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic.
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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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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.
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Understand the “Gretzky Factor”: Cultivate an instinct, a “touch”, call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the “puck” is now and where it will be soon.
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