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A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

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Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.
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The capacity for uncontaminated wonder, ultimately, is what distinguishes the successful from the ordinary, the happily engaged players of whatever era from the chronically disappointed and malcontent. Therein lies a lesson for geeks, geezers, and the sea of people who fall in between.
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The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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The manager does things right the leader does the right thing.
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Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.
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The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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Think of successful creative collaborations are dreams with deadlines.
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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.
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Don't over-react to the trouble makers.
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Understand the Gretzky Factor: Cultivate an instinct, a touch, call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the puck is now and where it will be soon.
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I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.
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Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's present and when it's not.
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Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.
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All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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Understand stakeholder symmetry: Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders.
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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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Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. They do not worry about failure but embrace errors, knowing they will learn from them.
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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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