The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
WARREN G. BENNISJust as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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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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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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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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In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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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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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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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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Successful leaders are great askers
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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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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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