A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find… — 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
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
Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention… — 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
In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actions… — 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 Image
Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
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 Image
Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
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 Image
All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's present and when it's not. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
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 Image
