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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.”

Warren G. Bennis

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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Country Instinct Puck Soon
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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Created Iron Moment Necessity Something
Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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Define Hard Knows Leadership
That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Future Leader Leadership Opposites
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Being Leader Leadership Manager
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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Herds Painting Vision
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Business Failure Leadership
Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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Commitment Knowledge Leader Wisdom
Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Fall Risk Wire
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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Judgment Keys Principle Teaching
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Eye Horizon Leadership
Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Cards Leadership Servant Tables
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Believe Dream Leadership
If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
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Being Ideas Knowing Yourself
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Dance Leadership Music

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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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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