Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.
WARREN G. BENNISGovernment 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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The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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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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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there’s any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it’s surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that’s constant is change.
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Successful leaders are great askers
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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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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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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
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Create strategic alliances and partnerships: Now and in years to come, shrewd leaders will create allegiances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own.
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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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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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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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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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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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