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Warren G. Bennis was an esteemed American author and scholar known for his contributions to the fields of leadership and organizational behavior. His works delve into the essence of leadership and how leadership abilities can be cultivated and enhanced.

Famous Warren G. Bennis Quotes

“Understand stakeholder symmetry: Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders.”

Groups Balance Claims Various Appropriate Competing Symmetry Stakeholder

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.”

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Author:Warren G. Bennis

“That's important to remember: it's not just a collection of great individuals but a group of people who enjoy playing in the sandbox, thoroughly enjoying collaborative problem solving.”

People Important Problem Remember Individual Enjoy Groups Collections Problem Solving Sandbox

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“Every great group is an island... but an island with a bridge to the mainland.”

Groups Bridges Islands

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“Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an "enemy."”

Ideas Bigs Winning Enemy Groups Members Exception Underdog Goliath Hurling Feisty Fresh Ideas

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“People in great groups have blinders on. Their work is all they see. They value failures as learning opportunities. They are optimistic, not realistic, as they proceed from one challenge and crisis to the next.”

People Values Next Opportunity Challenges Groups Crisis Optimistic Realistic Blinders

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“In great groups, the right people always have the right job.”

People Jobs Groups

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“The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason that so many workplaces are mediocre, even toxic, in spite of the presence of talent. Leaders of great groups give them whatever they need and free them from everything else.”

People Needs Giving Reason Perfect Leader Groups Talent Majors Spite Toxic Workplace Mediocre Niche

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.”

Results Groups Involved Rewards Great Work Great Results

Author:Warren G. Bennis

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

Important Groups Balance Deserve Claims Various Appropriate Consideration Competing Stakeholder Consideration For Others

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.”

People Soul Done Groups Succeed Longing Immortal Dreamer Things Done Pragmatic

Book:The Essential Bennis

Source: The Essential Bennis

“The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.”

“Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.”

Leadership Leader Groups Terrific Great Leader

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.”

Knows Needs Persons Fighting Groups Tigers

Book:Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

Source: Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

“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.”

Inspirational Persons Ideas Ability Leader Groups Talent Taste Extraordinary Creator Valuable Curator

Author:Warren G. Bennis

About the Author

Born: March 8, 1925
Died: July 31, 2014
Known for: Author
Quotes: 164

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Books & Sources

The Essential BennisRelated source material

Leaders: the strategies for taking chargeRelated source material

Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative CollaborationRelated source material

Managing People is Like Herding CatsRelated source material

An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and ChangeRelated source material

The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and SuccessRelated source material

Geeks and GeezersRelated source material

Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a LeaderRelated source material

Old Dogs, New TricksRelated source material

Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy ContinuesRelated source material

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