Warren G. Bennis Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Warren G. Bennis Quotes and Sayings
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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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Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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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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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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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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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 factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
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