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LEADERSHIP Vs MANAGEMENT

Management leadership was once quite simple:

. leadership was seen as a trait few had and few could develop
. you either had 'It' or you didn't (class, position, contacts, ...)
. if you had it, you didn't share it
. you told people what to do and how to do it
. you operated a strict chain of command and control
. you were a hero with all the answers
. you guarded knowledge and information
. you watched your back for knives

Managers needed to:-

. know enough...
. to be fast enough...
. about enough things...
. to be right enough...
. enough of the time...
. to control enough things correctly...
. to keep going

Just like in the old earth-centred view of the universe, in the management-centred view of the organisation managers see themselves as central players; net result: organisations are over-managed but under-led.

 

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