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.
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
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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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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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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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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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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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The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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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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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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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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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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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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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Successful leaders are great askers
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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