139 Quotes by Warren G. Bennis

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.

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.

Leaders wonder about everything, want to learn as much as they can, are willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. They do not worry about failure but embrace errors, knowing they will learn from them.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.