Thursday, April 17, 2008

What are you - a manager or a leader?

What are you? How do you identify yourself? Rate yourself against the following checklist.......And at the end of it all sit down and try and improve.
  • a manager takes care of where you are;
    a leader takes you to new places
  • a manager deals with complexity;
    a leader deals with uncertainty
  • a manager is concerned with finding the facts;
    a leader makes decisions
  • a manager is concerned with doing things right;
    a leader is concerned with doing right things
  • a manager's critical concern is efficiency;
    a leader focusses on effectiveness
  • a manager creates policies;
    a leader establishes principles
  • a manager sees and hears what is going on;
    a leader hears when there is no sound and sees when there is no light

Do not remember the source of these definitions.....did read it somewhere....some leading daily might be.....and it was some three years ago...before i left for pune.....loved it a lot......

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