tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080077621115609830.post7721897440560162101..comments2023-02-28T04:27:34.271-04:00Comments on jrose.ca: leading vs. managingJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802691019715076243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080077621115609830.post-21150152736367475042009-12-18T11:06:00.130-04:002009-12-18T11:06:00.130-04:00The words "manager" and "leader&quo...The words "manager" and "leader" are not related. Leadership comes in many forms and many managers are not leaders. Management is truely a function. Leadership is a lot more complex. In the organisational context, it can come from the top down, or from the bottom.<br /><br />Leadership is primarily about influencing others with a clear objective in mind, and without the need for formal authority. A manager can tell you what to do but a leader can convince you that it's a good idea to do it.<br /><br />Leadership is sometimes over rated, or missunderstood. I'd like to propose a different way to look at leadership. Start with the concept that leaders can fail. Even if you have the skills to influence people and convince them on approaches, ideas, methods, direction, and you engage them to support your vision, you might all end up failing. It's what happens when you lead people on the wrong path. You still managed to influence them trough leaderhsip skill, unfortunately you brought them to a dead end. The problem here is you didn't recognized you were on the wrong path because that is gained from other skills and from experience.<br /><br />I guess my point is that leadership on its own is not sufficient in any context, and leadership can in fact be very dangerous and can even lead people to loose their objectivity.Mariusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6080077621115609830.post-76211516972436568692009-11-28T11:29:42.158-04:002009-11-28T11:29:42.158-04:00Something else occurred to me as I went for a walk...Something else occurred to me as I went for a walk. (Yes, I'm commenting on my own post.)<br /><br />The other neat thing about living in the future is that now, more than ever, it's possible to lead by example on the mentor/protegé facet <i>without even realizing it</i>, simply by creating content on the Internet or internal social networks.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627537322655868641noreply@blogger.com