The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ✨ Warren…

Warren G. Bennis
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ✨ Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). The Essential Bennis, p.210, John Wiley & Sons
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