Warren Bennis on Leadership
August 6th, 2008 — tonymayoThe Economist newspaper has an excellent summary of Warren Bennis’s work on leadership, adapted from their book: Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus. Bennis makes a strong case for leadership as something to be nurtured and learned.
Four things an effective leader must embody, communicate, and encourage are:
- Vision
- Meaning
- Trust
- Self-knowledge
Mr. Bennis and I share, along with many other management consultants and executive coaches, a debt to the pioneering work of Werner Erhard’s EST and Landmark Education.












