Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
WARREN G. BENNISThe manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
WARREN G. BENNISAt the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, “How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?”
WARREN G. BENNISSuccessful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
WARREN G. BENNISWhat makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not.
WARREN G. BENNISThe 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.
WARREN G. BENNISGreat things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
WARREN G. BENNISThe 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.
WARREN G. BENNISAlmost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an “enemy.”
WARREN G. BENNISUnderstand 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.
WARREN G. BENNISEffective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
WARREN G. BENNISOrganizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
WARREN G. BENNISServant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
WARREN G. BENNISCoaching 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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