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Warren G Bennis Inspirational Quotes (151)

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Make sure you have someone in your life from whom you can get reflective feedback.
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Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
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Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.
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Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.
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Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
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Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.
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Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
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The manager asks how and when the leader asks what and why.
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Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.
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Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
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Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.
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One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, variance sensors who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.
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Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.
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Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity
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A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless... someone's got to make a wake up call.
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See the long view: By all means plant the corn, milk the cows, and feed the horses but always keep the eventual harvest in mind.
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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.
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It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
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