If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.
Warren G. BennisGreat leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.
Warren G. BennisFollowers who tell the truth, and leaders who listen to it, are an unbeatable combination.
Warren G. BennisThe leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
Warren G. Bennis