Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
WARREN G. BENNISBecoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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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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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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In great groups, the right people always have the right job.
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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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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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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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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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Something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It’s as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Judgment without character is expediency… or worse.
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Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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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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