People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
WARREN G. BENNISEmbrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Create strategic alliances and partnerships: Now and in years to come, shrewd leaders will create allegiances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own.
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This 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.
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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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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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Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
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Almost 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.”
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Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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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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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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