QUOTATION 36
WARREN BENNIS ON WHY LEADERS MUST WALK THE TALK
Use this to remind you that to be leader you must be yourself. You can’t fake it.
Warren Bennis (1925–2014) spent much of his academic career trying to discover the secret of leadership. He probably came closest in the following two quotations:
Leaders walk their talk; in true leaders there is no gap between the theories they espouse and their practice.
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
Warren Bennis
As Bennis implies in his first quotation, being genuine, being consistent in your words and actions is hellishly difficult to achieve. Even though you may not achieve it all the time, it should still ...
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