The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
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... 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
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
Warren G. Bennis
The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
Warren G. Bennis
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis
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