Book Titles

On Becoming a Leader

By Warren Bennis

Year Published: 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0465014088
Categories: Leadership, Management, Success

163 Quotes Found

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On Becoming a Leader:

Being in sync with your organization is almost as important as being in sync with yourself…

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On Becoming a Leader:

Whatever it is you want to do, you shouldn’t let fear get in your way.

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On Becoming a Leader:

Fear, for most leaders, is less a crippler than a motivator.

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On Becoming a Leader:

It is entirely possible to succeed and satisfy yourself simultaneously, but only if you are wise enough and honest enough to admit what you want and to recognize what you need.

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On Becoming a Leader:

By knowing the flex in yourself and the flex in the organization, you’ll know whether you’re a fit or not.

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On Becoming a Leader:

In a perfect world, everyone would be encouraged to express, but not required to prove him- or herself. But neither the world nor we are perfect.

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On Becoming a Leader:

In order to avoid booby-trapping ourselves… we must understand that drive is healthy only when married to desire.

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On Becoming a Leader:

Mastery, absolute competence, is mandatory for a leader. But it’s also more fun than anything you’ll ever do.

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On Becoming a Leader:

The creative process that underlies strategic thinking is infinitely complex, and as unexplainable finally as its inner mechanism…

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On Becoming a Leader:

Unless you are willing to take risks, you will suffer paralyzing inhibitions, and you will never do what you are capable of doing.

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