Sublime

Warren Bennis Santa Monica, California November 1996

When hiring, look for people with the right attitude. Skills can be taught. Attitude changes require a brain transplant.

"Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Ed Schein: “Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of culture as a concept is that it points us to phenomena that are below the surface, that are powerful in their impact but invisible and to a considerable degree unconscious. In that sense, culture is to a group what personality or character is to an in

You will learn that as a leader your best means of moving people in your direction lies in setting the right tone through your attitude, empathy, and work ethic.

In the late 1990s, a group of midlevel students at GE’s Crotonville leadership institute challenged him, saying that the “#1, #2, fix, close, or sell” strategy was hurting the company because executives were gaming the system.

Many projects never transcend mediocrity because their leaders suffer from the Hollywood syndrome. This is the arrogant and misguided belief that power is more important than talent. It is the too common view that everyone should be so grateful for a role in a picture or any other job that he or she should be willing to do whatever is asked, even i

course, action, opinion.The distinction is crucial. Bennis lays out a number of critical distinctions between the two: • The manager administers; the leader innovates. • The manager is a copy; the leader is an original. • The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people. • The manager relies on control; the leader inspires