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 Copy Share Image
People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a… — 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
You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. 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 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
