Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
WARREN G. BENNISAlmost 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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Successful leaders are great askers
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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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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Leadership is like beauty – it’s hard to define but you know it when you see it.
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To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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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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At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, “How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?”
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Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn’t be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
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Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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