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Article: Bennis lectures on city leadership development.(professor Warren Bennis addressed the 1997 Congress of Cities conference and emphasized the need for strong leadership and purpose in city development)(Brief Article)
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- December 15, 1997
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Strong leadership that can generate public participation is an essential condition for a successful city, and great leaders share key characteristics, University of Southern California business administration professor Warren Bennis told delegates to the Congress of Cities.
Bennis, founding chairman of the university's Leadership Institute, addressed attendees at the Opening General Session.
The author of 20 books on leadership, Bennis said his fascination with the subject dates to his childhood.
"As a kid growing up in that family, it was interesting, because one of them [his twin brothers] seemed to have the right stuff... whatever he ...