55 Quotes by Warren Bennis

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.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.

Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

Boredom is what happens when I fail to make someone interesting

More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.

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