Understand stakeholder symmetry: Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. — 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
Every great group is an island... but an island with a bridge to the mainland. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to… — 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 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
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
The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The leader...is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They… — 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
