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Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

Warren G. Bennis

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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Different Government Onions
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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Leader People Together
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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Being Leader Leadership Manager
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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Leadership Mountain Weather
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Leader Management People
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
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Leadership Running Thinking
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
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Hospitality Leadership World
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
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Ideas Leadership Want
Successful leaders are great askers
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Leader Problem Successful
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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Honesty Leadership Simple
The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic.
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Iron Leadership Motivational
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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Needs People Vision
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Inspirational Leader Leadership Management
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Follower Leadership Skills

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