Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
WARREN G. BENNISIf great teams don’t have an “enemy,” they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, “you can’t have a war without one.”
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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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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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple.
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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
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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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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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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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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.
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Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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