(26 quotes found)
“Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.”
Warren G. Bennis
“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 studying the exemplary.”
“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 certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.”
“Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.”
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
“Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.”
“The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.”
“Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.”
“There is a profound difference between information and meaning.”
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