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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.

Warren G. Bennis

Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Eye Horizon Leadership
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
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Ideas Leadership Want
The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.
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Creators Ideas Inspirational Leader
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Hospitality Leadership World
Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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People Reality Vision
Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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Hero Problem Reality
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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Character Moving Successful
Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
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Combination Followers Tells Unbeatable
Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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Commitment Knowledge Leader Wisdom
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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Knows Materials Raw Want
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
Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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Importance Knows Leader
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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