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The manager administers the leader innovates.

Warren G. Bennis

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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.
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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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All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing wrong things well.
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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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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.
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Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
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That is the key challenge facing management today change is the only constant.
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This duality, making yourself better while teaching and developing others' judgment capabilities, is the key to leadership that is both productive and principled.
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The manager asks how and when the leader asks what and why.
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Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.
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I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
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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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