Quote

The manager administers the leader innovates.

Warren G. Bennis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Warren G. Bennis
Manager
Managers
Leader
Inspirational
Administers

More quotes by Warren G. Bennis

Image
No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Without character, there is no credibility and without credibility, there is no trust.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
The manager accepts the status quo the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
The manager has his eye on the bottom line the leader has his eye on the horizon.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Understand the Pygmalion Effect: Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an enemy.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Don't over-react to the trouble makers.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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
What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
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.
Warren G. Bennis
Image
All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking.
Warren G. Bennis