Understand the “Gretzky Factor”: Cultivate an instinct, a “touch”, call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the “puck” is now and where it will be soon.
WARREN G. BENNISYou 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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That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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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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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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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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Something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It’s as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
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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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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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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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First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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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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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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