Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
– Warren G Bennis
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I wanted…
I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn’t very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
– Warren G Bennis
You need…
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
– Warren Bennis
Leadership…
Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.
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If…
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.
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Who…
Who succeeds in forming and leading a great group? They are almost always a pragmatic dreamers. They are people who get things done and they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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In life….
In life change is inevitable; in business change is vital
– Warren Bennis
Learning……
Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal – especially in an endeavour that is as relationship-driven as business.
– Warren G. Bennis
Leaders…..
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
– Warren Bennis
Learning….
Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal; especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
– Warren G Bennis
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