Leader Quotes by Warren G. Bennis

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

— Warren G. Bennis

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

— Warren G. Bennis

Successful leaders are great askers

— Warren G. Bennis

“Managers do things right. Leaders do the right thing.”

— Warren G. Bennis

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born...

— Warren G. Bennis

The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.

— Warren G. Bennis

The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.

— Warren G. Bennis

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

— Warren G. Bennis

A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless ... someone's got to make…

— Warren G. Bennis

Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.

— Warren G. Bennis

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

— Warren G. Bennis

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

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Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

— Warren G. Bennis

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

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

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches...…

— Warren G. Bennis

While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone…

— Warren G. Bennis

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

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

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

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is…

— Warren G. Bennis

Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their…

— Warren G. Bennis

What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world…

— Warren G. Bennis

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

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

Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference…

— Warren G. Bennis

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

The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how…

— Warren G. Bennis

All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage…

— Warren G. Bennis

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.

— Warren G. Bennis

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

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

— Warren G. Bennis

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

— Warren G. Bennis

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

— Warren G. Bennis

All great leaders constantly seek new information and new ways of thinking.

— Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.

— Warren G. Bennis

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.

— Warren G. Bennis

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

— Warren G. Bennis

What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.

— Warren G. Bennis

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

— Warren G. Bennis