Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
WARREN G. BENNISEvery great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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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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Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
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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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Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.
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This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others’ judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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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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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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If you’re the leader, you’ve got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies – that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
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