On Becoming a LEADER

On Becoming a Leader is a management classic about the 'hows' of leadership; how people become leaders, how they lead and how organizations encourage or stifle potential leaders. Warren Bennis is Distinguished Professor Business Administration at the University of Southern California and an acknowledged 'leadership guru' in the USA and around the world. This book is based on a wide-ranging series of interviews with people in a variety of different fields including business, the law, medicine and the cinema, and it identifies many of the qualities and convictions shared by outstanding leaders: that good leaders are made, not born; that they continue to develop throughout their lives; and that they possess a concern with 'a guiding purpose and overarching vision'.

Author: Waren Bennis
Price:£7.99
ISBN:0-09-926939-2

The manager administers; the leader innovates.
The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
The manager maintains; the leader develops.
The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The manager has his eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
The manager imitates; the leader originates.
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his own person.
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.