Warren Bennis - Manager Quotes

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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

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The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.

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Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing. Both roles are crucial, and they differ profoundly. I often observe people in top positions doing the wrong things well.

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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

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We are at least halfway through the looking glass, on our way to utter chaos. When the very model of a modern manager becomes C.E.O., he does not become a leader, he becomes a boss, and it is the bosses who have gotten America into its current fix.

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Leaders are people who do the right thing. Managers are people who do things right. … a profound difference.

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The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

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