Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. — Warren G. Bennis
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. — Warren G. Bennis
Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. — Warren G. Bennis
Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. — Warren G. Bennis
Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them. — Warren G. Bennis
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. — Warren G. Bennis
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures — Warren G. Bennis
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. — Warren G. Bennis
You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future. — Warren G. Bennis
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born — that there is a genetic factor to leadership. — Warren G. Bennis