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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Warren G. Bennis

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
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Hospitality Leadership World
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
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Believe Dream Leadership
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Character Expediency Judgment
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying
What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not.
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Characteristics Important Leader Truth Willingness
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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Always Dreamer People Pragmatic Soul
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Boss Inspirational Leadership
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
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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Born Future Leaders Leadership
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
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Mistake More Nothing Worst
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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Groups Jobs People

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