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
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
Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Organizations have to come to grips with the fact that tests of adaptive capability aren't always pleasant. Learning can be a powerful… — 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
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
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
