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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Warren G. Bennis

Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
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
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
Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Inspire Purpose Vision
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.
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Opportunity Optimistic People
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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Ideas People Standing
Successful leaders are great askers
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Leader Problem Successful
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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Created Iron Moment Necessity Something
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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Born Future Leaders Leadership
Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Followers Leadership Telling Truth
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Business Failure Leadership
The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
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Hospitality Leadership Vision
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
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
Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Fall Risk Wire

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