I used to think that running an organisation was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
– Warren G. Bennis
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Excellence is….
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
Good leaders…
Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
– Warren G. Bennis
Who succeeds…
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, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
– Warren G. Bennis
Co-leadership…
… should permeate every organisation at every level.
– Warren Bennis
Followers…
… who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination
– Warren G Bennis
Leadership is…
… the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it
– Warren G Bennis
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, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls
– Warren G Bennis
Good leaders…
…. make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning
– Warren Bennis
A new leader….
…has to be able to change an organisation that is dreamless, soulless and visionless…. some has got to make a wake up call
– Warren G Bennis
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