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.
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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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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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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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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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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First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.
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Almost 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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Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.
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To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not.
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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.
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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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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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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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