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To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life

Warren G. Bennis

Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Dance Leadership Music
If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
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Being Ideas Knowing Yourself
This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple.
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Jobs Opportunity Years
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as “a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or political forces; a severe test of patience or belief; a vessel for melting material at high temperatures.”
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Crucible Political Powerful
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Inspirational Leader Leadership Management
Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.
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Individual Possibly Real Self Something Thinking
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Hospitality Leadership World
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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Born Future Leaders Leadership
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Being Leader Leadership Manager
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
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
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Mistake More Nothing Worst
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
Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble

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