Warren G. Bennis Quotes
- Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in…
- Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
- The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The…
- Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
- People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
- Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
- Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
- Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
- There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
- Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
- The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
- Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
- Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated…
- Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
- The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have…
- Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
- Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
- Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
- The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
- Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.