One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
WARREN G. BENNISEvery great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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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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Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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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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The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic.
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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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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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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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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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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