There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
WARREN G. BENNISFind the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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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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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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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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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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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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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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Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.
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