Management vs Innovation: Take Your Pick
“I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as […]
Tag Archives: Leadership vs. Management
On Leadership, Winning and Losing
There are many components to classical effective leadership. But today I want to discuss just a single critical part of effective leadership through the sharing two stories with you. One: I […]
4 Challenges Every Leader Faces
Regardless of the leadership role we play, there are common challenges every leader faces as we seek to build an organization or guide a team. With challenges comes tensions, remedies, […]
On Leadership, Management and Knowing Where to Tap
Here is a story about understanding the difference between management and leadership. An Age Old Story In a rickety old part of town an old man goes to an old […]
Hey Leaders: Who Killed the Bluebird of Happiness?
Have you ever wondered why the Bluebird of Happiness is blue? … And is he really happy? Not so sure… I’d say that being blue is a clue. The happiness […]
Leaders: How Do You Look at Seniority?
Have you heard this statement before? It is: “I have seniority.” So what do you mean exactly by “seniority? And why does this matter? sen·ior·i·ty [seen-yawr-i-tee, -yor-] noun 1. the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age. 2. priority, precedence, or status obtained as the result of a person’s length of service, as in a profession, trade,company, or union. Barring […]
Forming Influential Alliances with Colleagues
As a leader in your organisation, you work in a role where it is difficult to get things done alone. You cannot act unilaterally. You need to work productively with […]
Gaining Influence as a Leader
So, you decide that you want to build additional influence at work. What’s one to do? Maybe you want to gain greater influence with a particular group of people, such […]
The Leadership Element in Management
Recently I was doing a Q & A session with a wonderful ministry in South Africa called Living Hope. There were a number of great questions, but one in particular […]
Finding the Leader Within
A friend of mine is a successful businessman and entrepreneur who also serves as a board member of a non-profit community organization. On the board, Rob (not his real name) […]
Check-the-Box Leadership
Does your leadership style sometimes end up blurting out on you? blurt (blûrt) tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts To utter suddenly and impulsively Check The Box ~ You went to the courses. ~ […]
Leadership: Idealism vs. Realism
Balancing the emotional, psychological, and empirical aspects of what it takes to be a strong leader is always at play in the minds of those who study leadership. For me, I recently […]
The Leader’s Search for Self, Meaning and Spirit
DEEP PRESENCE LEADERSHIP: The Leader’s Search for Self, Meaning and Spirit “If there is no transformation inside each of us, all the structural change in the world will have no […]
Linked 2 Leadership 