Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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.
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Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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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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Someone 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.
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You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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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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Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Successful leaders are great askers
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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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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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