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Leaders should…

…always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

– Warren G Bennis

 

Leaders are…

… people who are able to express themselves fully…they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one’s self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning – from one’s own life and experience.

– Warren 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

Too many companies…

… believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

– Warren G Bennis

There are two…

… ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish

– Warren G. Bennis

Management is…

doing things right; leadership is doing the right things

– Peter F Drucker, Warren G Bennis

Good leaders…

… make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery

– Warren G. Bennis

Taking charge of…

… your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person

– Warren G Bennis

Effective leaders….

… allow great people to do the work they were born to do

– Warren G Bennis

What makes a…

good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination

~ Warren G. Bennis