Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Understand the "Pygmalion Effect": Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
That's important to remember: it's not just a collection of great individuals but a group of people who enjoy playing in the… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The capacity for "uncontaminated wonder," ultimately, is what distinguishes the successful from the ordinary, the happily engaged players of whatever era from… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Walt Disney, of all people, did a good job of describing his own netony. "People who have worked with me say I… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
People vary enormously in how they learn. Some learn through their eyes - by reading but also by responding to all kinds… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leaders are people who do the right thing: managers are people who do things right. Both roles are crucial, but they differ… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's present and when it's not. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share
