{"id":2049,"date":"2014-08-20T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2014-08-20T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:12:40","slug":"three-minute-leadership-a-tribute-to-warren-bennis-the-father-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/08\/three-minute-leadership-a-tribute-to-warren-bennis-the-father-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: A Tribute to Warren Bennis, &#8220;The Father of Leadership&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author, wrote of the passing of Warren Bennis, American scholar, organizational consultant and author:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 a giant oak has fallen with an impact felt throughout the world\u2026. Just as Peter Drucker was &#8220;the father of management,&#8221; Warren Bennis will be remembered as &#8220;the father of leadership.&#8221; It was Warren who first said leadership is not a set of genetic characteristics, but rather the result of the lifelong process of self-discovery. As he once wrote:\u00a0 \u2018The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born &#8211; that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That&#8217;s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Warren Bennis found his joy and love of life not in positional power, but personal power.\u00a0 He wrote: &#8220;I realized my personal truth. I was never going to be able to be happy with positional power. What I really wanted was personal power: having influence based on my voice. My real gift is what I can do in the classroom or as a mentor.&#8221; The following are quotes of\u00a0 the rich legacy of teaching he left us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And so it is with great leaders &#8211; to influence with their voice, sharing their gifts of leadership that others may develop. To Warren Bennis, we all say: \u2018Thank you, our dearest teacher and friend for helping us grow\u2026 to be more than we ever dreamed we could be\u2026 and more\u2026 so much more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let your voice be heard.\u00a0 There is only one beautiful and special you whose voice is unique in eternity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8-188x188.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning &nbsp; Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author, wrote of the passing of Warren&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1558,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2050,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}