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Warren G. Bennis
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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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Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
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If I were to give off-the-cuff advice to anyone trying to institute change, I would say, How clear is the metaphor?
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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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Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.
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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.
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Neotony is a metaphor for the quality of life - the gift - that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all the marvelous undiscovered things to come.
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Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
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The manager has a short-range view the leader has a long-range perspective.
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Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
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