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Warren G. Bennis
Psychologist
About the author
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Eye
#Leader
#Manager
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#People
#Will
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#People
#Future
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Work
#Trust
There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Information
#Difference
#Meaning
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Right
#People
#Leaders
#Managers
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.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#People
#Fact
#Leadership
#Nonsense
#Myth
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#People
#Heart
#Leaders
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#People
#Ideas
#Content
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Leaders
#Eyes
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Dance
#Leaders
#Music
There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Dance
#Being
#Environment
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Vision
#Leadership
#Reality
The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Leader
#Perspective
#Manager
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 person.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Life
#Learning
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 dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Will
#Man
#Future
#Employees
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Leader
#Manager
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Leader
#Manager
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Leader
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.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist
#Excellence
#Mediocrity
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
Warren G. Bennis,
Psychologist