Best quotes by Warren Bennis on People

Checkout quotes by Warren Bennis on People

  • 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.
    - Warren Bennis
  • Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
    - Warren Bennis
  • Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
    - Warren Bennis
  • People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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  • A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.
    - Warren Bennis
  • You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.
    - Warren Bennis