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Warren G. Bennis has 85 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.

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