Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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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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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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.
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That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Those who re-enter the workplace filled with new enthusiasm and new ideas often find a chilly response on the part of their supervisors.
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Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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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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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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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Find 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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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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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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