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Warren G. Bennis

Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was 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.

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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Inspirational, Leadership, Managers, People, Right

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Asks, Being A Leader, Leader, Leadership, Manager, Managers

Innovation- any new idea-by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.

Creativity, Definition, Ideas, Organization, Patience

People vary enormously in how they learn. Some learn through their eyes - by reading but also by responding to all kinds of visual information. Others learn mostly through their ears or touch or other senses.

Ears, Eye, Learn, People, Reading, Vary

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.

Conducting, Equivalent, Leadership, Running, Thinking

The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Challenges, Eye, Horizon, Leadership, Views

Effective leaders make a full commitment to be a learner, to keep increasing and nourishing their knowledge and wisdom.

Commitment, Full, Knowledge And Wisdom, Leader, Leaders, Wisdom

A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless. . . someone's got to make a wake up call.

Dreamless, Leadership, Make, Organization, Soulless, Wake Up

Make sure you have someone in your life from whom you can get reflective feedback.

Feedback, Life, Make, Reflective

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future. . . I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches. . . facilitate learning.

Become, Certain, Coaching, Future, Leader, Leaders

Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.

Energy, Intention, Leadership, Power, Wise

Understand the "Gretzky Factor": Cultivate an instinct, a "touch", call it what you will, that enables you to know both where the "puck" is now and where it will be soon.

Gretzky, Instinct, Know, Puck, Touch

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

Good, Inspirational, Leaders, Leadership, Make, Relationship

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

Change, Expect, Grow, Leader, Management, People

Followers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.

Combination, Followers, Leaders, Leadership, Listen, Telling The Truth

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Inspirational, Leadership, Motivational, Reality, Translate, Vision

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Dance, Encourage, Heard, Leadership, Music

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

Attempting, Engage, Organization, Support, Team

In great groups, the right people always have the right job.

Groups, Job, Jobs, People, Right

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

Emotional, Followers, Glue, Leader, Leaders, Together

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