“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
Warren Bennis (1925–2014) American leadership expert
Bennis (1989, p. 45), cited in: Terrence Mech, Gerard B. McCabe (1998) Leadership and Academic Librarians. p. 56
1980s
David Ulrich, Jack Zenger, Norman Smallwood (2013), Results-Based Leadership. p. 209
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
Warren Bennis (1925–2014) American leadership expert
Bennis (1989, p. 45), cited in: Terrence Mech, Gerard B. McCabe (1998) Leadership and Academic Librarians. p. 56
1980s
James A. Champy (1942) American businessman
Cited in: Don Soderquist (2005), The Wal-Mart Way, p. 7
Reengineering management, 1995
Edgar H. Schein (1928) Psychologist
Source: Organizational Culture and Leadership, 1985, p. 11
Walther Funk (1890–1960) German economist and politician
To Leon Goldensohn, March 31, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Marvin Bower (1903–2003) American business theorist
Marvin Bower (1949) The development of executive leadership. Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. p. v
“Every one of you is the leader.”
Xenophon (-430–-354 BC) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Quoted in Edith Hamilton The Greek Way ([1930] 1993) p. 134.
Louis Riel (1844–1885) Canadian politician
Address to Grand Jury (1885)
Context: I am glad that the Crown have proved that I am the leader of the Half-breeds in the North-West. I will perhaps be one day acknowledged as more than a leader of the Half-breeds, and if I am, I will have an opportunity of being acknowledged as a leader of good in this great country.
“World leaders should keep their word, particularly the developed countries.”
Sheikh Hasina (1947) Prime Minister of Bangladesh
“A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor