Who succeeds in forming and leading a great group?
He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer.
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.
– Warren G Bennis
The first step in becoming a leader, then, is to recognise the context for what it is – a breaker, not a maker; a trap, not a launching pad; an end, not a beginning – and declare your independence.
– Warren G Bennis
All great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through shared meaning, a distinctive voice and unshakeable integrity. These four qualities mark all exemplary leaders, whatever their age, gender, ethnicity or race.
– Warren Bennis
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
– Warren Bennis
…once you recognize, or admit, that your primary goal is to fully express yourself, you will find the means to achieve the rest of your goals
– Warren G Bennis
The manager has his eye n the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon
– Warren Bennis
…once you recognize, or admit, that your primary goal is to fully express yourself, you will find the means to achieve the rest of your goals…
– Warren Bennis
More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.
– Warren G Bennis
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
– Warren G Bennis
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them
– Warren G Bennis
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