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On Becoming a Leader

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People make fun of business school, but I learned a lot there through observation. And one of the major lessons I learned from watching classmates was this: management is not leadership. They’re often used synonymously as in “the management team of X company” or “leadership at company Y.” But the words have very different meanings. __... See more

Katherine Boyle x.com

In a controversial speech by Lee Kuan Yew who served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 – 1990, he has a really great line about conviction: “I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind, an inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows. Whichever way... See more

Obama's career advice for young people -- Just learn how to get stuff done. What I mean by that is I've seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated at explaining why something went wrong or why something can't get fixed. But, what I’m always looking for is, n... See more

The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.

Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to be

David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman

Warren Bennis Santa Monica, California November 1996

Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

Developing a field that encourages learning is the primary task of leadership, and perhaps the only way that a leader can genuinely influence or inspire others.

Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization

Warren Bennis said, the process of developing extraordinary leadership is the same process as becoming an extraordinary person. To fulfill the Leadership Imperative, we need to rethink how we develop leaders. Our efforts need to be long-term and systemic (not piecemeal and episodic), individual and collective, and integrative of the inner and outer

William A. Adams • Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results

Warren Bennis:

“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.” Warren Bennis