Warren G. Bennis
Warren G. Bennis
Warren Gamaliel Benniswas an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies. Bennis was University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California...
cutting men president
I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
loyalty jobs psychics
What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.
leadership jobs reality
The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.
world management
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
leadership world hospitality
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
leadership vision hospitality
The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
teacher excellence mediocrity
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.
trouble makers trouble-maker
Don't over-react to the trouble makers.
inspirational leader leadership-vs-management
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
fighting needs groups
Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.
leader coaching certain
Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.
creativity organization creative-collaboration
The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.
business passion understanding
A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations
future vision shelves
The future has no shelf life