Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. Warren G. Bennis More Quotes by Warren G. Bennis More Quotes From Warren G. Bennis There is a profound difference between information and meaning. Warren G. Bennis learningdifferencesknowledge Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on. Warren G. Bennis demanddevelopmentmoving Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character Warren G. Bennis successfulcharactermoving 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. Warren G. Bennis powerleadershipwise Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action. Warren G. Bennis visionpurposeinspire What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination. Warren G. Bennis importantleadertruth Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. Warren G. Bennis horizoneyeleadership 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. Warren G. Bennis future-leadersorganizationleadership The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. Warren G. Bennis viewsinspirationallong To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them. Warren G. Bennis actingenergydesire The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. Warren G. Bennis encouragementleaderinspirational The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, Warren G. Bennis leadershipwantideas Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them. Warren G. Bennis accomplishmentinspirationalbelieve I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be. Warren G. Bennis labelsvisionleadership Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. Warren G. Bennis musicdanceleadership Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. Warren G. Bennis leadermanagementinspirational If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out. Warren G. Bennis being-yourselfknowingideas Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being told they might be wrong, it is more than offset by the fact that the information will help them make better decisions. Warren G. Bennis top-managementleaderdecision We must move from ... the primacy of technology toward considerations of social justice and equity, from the dictates of organizational convenience toward the aspirations ofself realization and learning, from authoritarianism and dogmatism toward more participation, from uniformity and centralization toward diversity and pluralism, from the concept of work as hard and unavoidable, from life as nasty, brutish, and short toward work as purpose and self~fulfillment, a recognition of leisure as a valid activity in itself. Warren G. Bennis technologyjusticemoving We have more information now than we can use, and less knowledge and understanding than we need. Indeed, we seem to collect information because we have the ability to do so, but we are so busy collecting it that we haven't devised a means of using it. The true measure of any society is not what it knows but what it does with what it knows. Warren G. Bennis understandingmeanknowledge
