Warren Bennis Quotes


Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.


Citations

Bennis, Warren. Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Perseus Publishing, 2000, p. 28.

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The South at the time had a virtual caste system with a few families in each area controlling and leading. Many Unionists from the argued that the lower and middle class whites had to be given more power and education about their rights. Of course the controlling families had a strong vested interest to see that Reconstruction failed and the “Yankees” were hated. Anti-Negro racism was just a part of the motivation. Maintaining the elite families power of the pre-war political culture was also critical. The Northern Reconstuctionists were therefore twice dangerous.


Warren Bennis
Warren Bennis
  • Born: March 8, 1925
  • Died: July 31, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Professor, Author, Founder, Executive, Consultant

Warren Gamaliel Bennis was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies. Bennis was University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California.