Warren Bennis Quotes

American - Writer March 8, 1925 - July 31, 2014

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

Eyes Horizon Just Keep Bottom Bottom Line Leaders Line

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great People Believe Will Accomplish Accomplished Great Things Talented Talented People Them Things Who

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

Dance Creative Being Create Dancers Environment Flourish Sing Singers Ways Two Which

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

Leadership Music Dance Must Encourage Forms Heard Leaders Organizations

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Leadership Vision Reality Capacity Translate

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

Future You Walk People Companies Rather Back Need Than Them Who

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

Information Meaning Difference Between Profound

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

Good Heart People Feel Leaders Periphery Make Things Very

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Organizations Failing

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

Leader Why How Manager Ask

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

Challenges Leader Manager Status Quo Accepts Status Quo

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Work Business Trust Possible Makes Organizations

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

Perspective View Leader Manager

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

Horizon Eye Leader Manager Bottom Bottom Line Line His

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

People Who The Right Thing Things Do The Right Thing Leaders Managers Right Thing Right Thing

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

Simple Yourself Difficult Leader Also Becoming Precisely Synonymous

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

Life Learning Your Person Becoming Charge Integrated Sine Taking Own Part Which

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Future Man Dog Will Employees Equipment Factory Feed Keep Touching Only Two

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

Truth Will Who Know Fearlessly Having Importance Leaders Lives Tell Someone Them

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

Best Change People Grow Expect Leaders Always Around Know Should Them Those Very

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

People Vision Reality New Compelling Create New Place Place Takes Translate Then

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions.

The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.

Business Opportunity Management Study Application Brilliant Idea Original Principles Students Theory

The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.

Education Knowledge Business Variety Applied Conceived Goal Impart Management Originally Primary Primary Goal Situations Could

Specialized management courses are useful but should come well after the complexity of management and business are understood.

Business Management Well Come After Complexity Courses Specialized Understood Useful Should

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

Success Learning World Management Changing Fast Requires

Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.

Best Learning Business Will Indeed Leaders Mushroom Option Options Prudence Students Utilize Find Take

One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.

Best Leadership Through Film Course Experiences Inventing MIT Teaching 1960s Had Were

As my blog editor knows all too well, I wasn't all that keen to enter the blogosphere world.

World Well Knows Blog Editor Enter Keen Too

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