Warren Bennis

Good leaders make people feel that theyre at the very heart of things not at the periphery.

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership not the other way around.

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

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions.

Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

The extraordinary manager operates on the emotional and spiritual resources of the organization, on its values, commitment, and aspirations.

I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.