Quote

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

Warren G. Bennis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Warren G. Bennis
Exemplary
Mediocrity
Excellence
Teacher
Better

More quotes by Warren G. Bennis

Image
All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
The manager accepts the status quo the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
The future has no shelf life
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Walt Disney, of all people, did a good job of describing his own netony. People who have worked with me say I am 'innocence in action,' he wrote. They say I have the innocence and unselfconsciousness of a child. Maybe I have. I still look at the world with uncontaminated wonder.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Without character, there is no credibility and without credibility, there is no trust.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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
Image
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.
Warren G. Bennis