Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
Warren G. BennisLeaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.
Warren G. BennisIf great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have a war without one."
Warren G. BennisThe capacity for "uncontaminated wonder," ultimately, is what distinguishes the successful from the ordinary, the happily engaged players of whatever era from the chronically disappointed and malcontent. Therein lies a lesson for geeks, geezers, and the sea of people who fall in between.
Warren G. Bennis