Quote by Warren Bennis

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
~ Warren Bennis

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This leadership quote is one of the shortest definitions of leadership and it captures so much of the essence of leadership. So often people get caught up in the idea that leadership is a matter of having vision. Vision is important, but as this quote points out, true leadership is translating the vision into reality.

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