Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Every one of the geezers who continues to play a leadership role has one quality of overriding importance: neotony. The dictionary definition is that neotony, a zoological term, involves "the retention of youthful qualities throughout old age." It is more… — 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
