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The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.

Warren G. Bennis

Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble
Listening to the inner voice – trusting the inner voice – is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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Important Listening Voice
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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Character Moving Successful
Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Atmosphere Errors Risk
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational
Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Followers Leadership Telling Truth
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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Jobs Opportunity Years
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life
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Leader Leadership Makers
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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Follower Leadership Skills
Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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Cards Leadership Servant Tables
Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.
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Blind Discipline Success
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
Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. They do not worry about failure but embrace errors, knowing they will learn from them.
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Errors Knowing Worry
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Eye Horizon Leadership
Successful leaders are great askers
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Leader Problem Successful

The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.

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The leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.

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