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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.

Warren G. Bennis

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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Country Instinct Puck Soon
Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Character Credibility No Trust
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Boss Inspirational Leadership
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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Iron Leadership Motivational
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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Great Groups Rewards Work
The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
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Hospitality Leadership Vision
In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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Groups Jobs People
At 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?”
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Colored Sculley Time Water
What 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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Characteristics Important Leader Truth Willingness
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational
Coaching 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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Certain Coaching Leader
Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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Define Hard Knows Leadership
Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.
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Leaders People Roles
Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Advice Lasts Leader
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Being Leader Leadership Manager
Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.
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Achieve Great People Things

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