Warren G. Bennis Quotes about Inspirational

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. 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.

The leader...is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.