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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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Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.
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The manager administers the leader innovates.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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That's important to remember: it's not just a collection of great individuals but a group of people who enjoy playing in the sandbox, thoroughly enjoying collaborative problem solving.
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Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
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Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.
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The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.
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People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support
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Leaders are people who do the right thing managers are people who do things right.
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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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Without character, there is no credibility and without credibility, there is no trust.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
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