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...
ideas people standing-out
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
leadership people followers
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.
leader together grit
More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.
ideas goal people
Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation. A leader must be able to leverage more than his own capabilities. He must be capable of inspiring other people to do things without actually sitting on top of them with a checklist.
inspirational leader management
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
running leader acting
While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.
jobs opportunity apples
This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple. At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, "How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?"
knowing vision action
Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.
business leader different
Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part
teacher retirement teaching
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.
inspirational encouragement leader
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
leadership music dance
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
people soul dreamer
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.
way results charisma
Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.