Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.
WARREN G. BENNISLeaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.
WARREN G. BENNISWithout character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
WARREN G. BENNISThose who re-enter the workplace filled with new enthusiasm and new ideas often find a chilly response on the part of their supervisors.
WARREN G. BENNISIf great teams don’t have an “enemy,” they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, “you can’t have a war without one.”
WARREN G. BENNISLeadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
WARREN G. BENNISEncourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
WARREN G. BENNISWho succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
WARREN G. BENNISThis is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple.
WARREN G. BENNISOur tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
WARREN G. BENNISPeople who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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.
WARREN G. BENNISFollowers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
WARREN G. BENNISThat’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
WARREN G. BENNISEmbrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
WARREN G. BENNISExpect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
WARREN G. BENNISSomeone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there’s any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it’s surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that’s constant is change.
WARREN G. BENNIS