Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Friday, July 27, 2011 – Warren Bennis
Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Friday, July 27, 2011 – Warren Bennis
“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.”
And
“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.”
And
“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.”
And
“Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.”
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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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“Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.”
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“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
And
“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.”
