Warren G. Bennis Quotes About Vision

Quotes about: Vision

• Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Executive's Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions". Book by Dianna Daniels Booher, 1991.

• I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Vision, Labels

• Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Knowing, Vision, Action

• Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspire, Vision, Purpose

• This is more than just having a vision. You can see the difference in the often-cited way in which Steve Jobs brought in John Sculley to take over Apple. At the time, Sculley was destined to be the head of Pepsico. The clincher came when Jobs asked him, "How many more years of your life do you want to spend making colored water when you can have an opportunity to come here and change the world?"

  Warren G. Bennis

  Jobs, Opportunity, Years

• The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Vision, Hospitality

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (1997). “Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration”, p.40, Basic Books

• The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Jobs, Reality

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  Reality, People, Vision

  Warren G. Bennis (1999). “Old Dogs, New Tricks”, Executive Excellence Pub

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

  Warren G. Bennis

  People, Vision, Needs

• In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Order, Vision, Purpose

• Leadership (according to John Sculley) revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation. A leader must be able to leverage more than his own capabilities. He must be capable of inspiring other people to do things without actually sitting on top of them with a checklist.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Ideas, People, Goal

• Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Vision, Painting, Herds

• Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Dream, Reality, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• The future has no shelf life

  Warren G. Bennis

  Future, Vision, Shelves

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