Warren G. Bennis Quotes About Management

Quotes about: Management

• Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Business, Failure

  "Wisdom, Honor & Hope: The Inner Path to True Greatness". Book by Cecil O. Kemp, Jr., May 1, 2000.

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Encouragement, Leader

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.210, John Wiley & Sons

• Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Heart, Organization

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Managing People is Like Herding Cats”, Executive Excellence Pub

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Managing People is Like Herding Cats”, Executive Excellence Pub

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Leadership, People

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.198, John Wiley & Sons

• Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Becoming, Management, Integrated

• Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Teacher, Retirement, Teaching

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (1997). “Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration”, p.8, Basic Books

• There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Learning, Knowledge, Differences

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Eye, Leader

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Views, Long

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.209, John Wiley & Sons

• Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being told they might be wrong, it is more than offset by the fact that the information will help them make better decisions.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Top Management, Decision, Leader

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.182, John Wiley & Sons

• A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

  Warren G. Bennis

  Business, Passion, Understanding

• Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

  Warren G. Bennis

  Business, Leader, Different

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  World, Management

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Leader, Management

  "On Becoming a Leader". Book by Warren G. Bennis, 1989.

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  People, Leader, Management

  Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. February 28, 2011.

• You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

  Warren G. Bennis

  People, Vision, Needs

• The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Leadership, Boss

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.210, John Wiley & Sons

• That is the key challenge facing management today; change is the only constant.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Keys, Challenges, Today

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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