Warren G. Bennis Quotes on Leadership (13 Quotes)

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

Managers are people who do things right, and leaders are people who do the right things.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

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

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.

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 he

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

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

... 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.