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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

Every great group is an island… but an island with a bridge to the mainland.
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Bridges Groups Islands
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
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Inspirational Leader Leadership Management
Don’t over-react to the trouble makers.
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Makers Over React Trouble
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
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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Creators Ideas Inspirational Leader
Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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Conflict Leadership Opportunity
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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Business Failure Leadership
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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Management World
Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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Dream Successful Thinking
That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Future Leader Leadership Opposites
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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Importance Knows Leader
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Expectations People Realistic
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
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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Great Groups Rewards Work
Those who re-enter the workplace filled with new enthusiasm and new ideas often find a chilly response on the part of their supervisors.
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Filled Response Supervisor Workplace
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
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Organization Program Trying

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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