… has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless… someone’s got to make a wake up call
– Warren Bennis
Tag Archives: Vision
The productivity and…
… competitive problems American manufactures face result from ineffective top management, petrified in place, unwilling to accept change, failing to provide vision and leadership.
– Phillip Alspach, HBR 1986
Dreaming…
… is the first step to becoming. To dream of the time ahead is to welcome an inner fold of reality we long for but have not yet realized. It is an act not just of hope but of inspiration.
– Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson
A leader….
… has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved.
He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
– Ralph Lauren
If we…
… cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
– Chellis Glendinning
To be…
…. able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone
– Harry Truman
Without leaps…
… of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning
– Gloria Steinem
If we….
…. cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible
– Chellis Glendinning
Beware of…
… those who stand aloof and greet each venture with reproof. The world would stop if things were run by men who say ‘it can’t be done’
– Samuel Glove
I am…
personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a “transformer” in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader
– Stephen R. Covey
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