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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.

Warren G. Bennis

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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Leader People Together
Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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Herds Painting Vision
Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Followers Leadership Telling Truth
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
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Dream People Reality
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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Born Future Leaders Leadership
Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Demand Development Moving
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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Backward Enemy Ideas Themselves Winning
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
Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Character Credibility No Trust
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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Needs People Vision
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Boss Inspirational Leadership
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision

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