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...
inspirational leader leadership-vs-management
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
trouble makers trouble-maker
Don't over-react to the trouble makers.
leader mindset framework
The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.
giving-up leader ego
If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.
moving technology justice
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.
leader doe managers
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
knowledge mean understanding
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.
vision painting herds
Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.
difficult knows
Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's present and when it's not.
leadership running thinking
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.
voice listening important
Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.
leadership opposites future-leaders
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
leader tasks development
Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.
successful leader problem
Successful leaders are great askers