Leadership Lessons

Basic Ingredients of Leadership according to Warren Bennis
Guiding Vision: You have a clear idea of what you want to do—professionally and personally—and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Passion: You have an underlying passion for the promises of life, combined with a very particular passion for a vocation, a profession , a course of action.
Integrity. Your integrity is derived from self-knowledge, candor, and maturity. You know your principles, and have learned from experience how to learn from and work with others.
Trust. You have earned people’s trust.
Curiousity. You wonder about everything and want to lear as much as you can.
Daring. You are willing to take risks, experiments and try new things.
Farsightedness. You keep your eyes firmly fixed on the far horizons, even as you take steps toward it.
Mastery of change. You regulate speed, direction and rhythm of change in the organization so that its growth and evolution match the external pace of events.
Organizational design. You are an institution builder whose legacy is an organization capable of success in realizing the desired vision.
Anticipatory learning. Lifelong learner.
Initiative. Ability to make things happen.
Mastery of interdependence. You inspire others to share ideas and trust each other to communicate well and frequently to seek collaborative solutions to problems.
High standards of integrity. You are fair, honest, tolerant, dependable, caring, open, loyal and committed to the best traditions of the past.