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Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

Warren G. Bennis

Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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Important Listening Voice
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Eye Horizon Leadership
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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Hero Problem Reality
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
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Being Leader Leadership Manager
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
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Leadership Running Thinking
This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others’ judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
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Judgment Keys Principle Teaching
Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. They do not worry about failure but embrace errors, knowing they will learn from them.
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Errors Knowing Worry
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
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Follower Leadership Skills
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
Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Inspirational Leadership People
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Leader Management People

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