Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
WARREN G. BENNISEvery great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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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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Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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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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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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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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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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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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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.
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