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The most important difference between a great manager and a great leader is one of focus. Great managers look inward. They look inside the company, into each individual, into the differences in style, goals, needs and motivation of each person. These differences are small, subtle, but great managers need to pay attention to them. These subtle differences guide them toward the right way to release … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Researcher Robert J. House and a team of 160 scholars have produced a comprehensive study of the common and distinctive elements of organizational leadership around the world. In his co-edited Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies, House and colleagues Paul J. Hanges, Mansour Javidan, Peter W. Dorfman, Vipin Gupta, and others report the results of their survey … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mansour Javidan, Paul J Hanges, Peter W. Dorfman, Robert J. House, Vipin Gupta | Subjects: International, Leadership

It’s difficult to bet smart if you don’t know how to organize your starting resources. If you hear a candidate for a leadership position talk inspiringly about where she wants to be without a clear understanding of where she is and why she is there, run, don’t walk, to the nearest exit. This is not someone you want to cede your bets to.

Content: Quotation | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Leadership

Eclecticism is an important characteristic for a leader, as leadership is an integrative discipline. Leadership draws on philosophy because much of what leaders do has to do with belief systems such as capitalism versus communism. Leadership draws on history, as good leaders take the time to appreciate the successes and failures of those who have gone before them. Leadership draws on anthropology-as leaders are constantly … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subject: Leadership

For it is character through which leadership is exercised, it is character that sets the example and is imitated in turn…The more successfully tomorrow’s manager does his work, the greater will be the integrity required of him…No matter what a man’s general education or his adult education for management, what will be decisive above all, in the future even more than in the past, is … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subjects: Character, Leadership

Never confuse talking and communicating. A little self-examination about what you say – and how you say it – can mean the difference between a listener tuning you out and hanging on your every word.

Content: Article | Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Leadership

Management has a lot to do with answers. Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?’

Content: Quotation | Authors: Max De Pree, Tom Peters | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Leadership, Management

A key – perhaps the key – to leadership is the effective communication of a story.

Content: Quotation | Source: Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership | Subject: Leadership

Warriors are often angry people. Their anger is forceful disapproval of lies told, trust betrayed, innocence violated, reality denied, power abused, and incompetence rewarded. They don’t turn indifferent or deny their anger and become sadistic and abusive. True warriors engage their anger and use its energy to empower themselves and free others.

Warriors identify with life itself, and their honor brings forth courageous actions. The power … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Personality / Behavior

Business leadership is at the core of Asian economic development, says HBS professor D. Quinn Mills. As he explained recently in Kuala Lumpur, the American and Asian leadership styles, while very different, also share important similarities.

Content: Article | Author: D. Quinn Mills | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International – Asia, Leadership

By analyzing our pool of great business leaders by decade, three distinct leadership patterns or archetypes emerged. We called these leadership archetypes Mold-Makers, Mold-Breakers, and Mold-Takers.

Makers essentially created or enhanced businesses that took advantage of the coalescing context of their times. They built businesses that thrived in a specific contextual framework and modified their operations and leadership styles as the contextual factors evolved. Some admittedly … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Leadership

Being able to tell what time it is (that is, knowing the difference between merely difficult times and true times of crisis) is one of the most important analytical skills a leader can have, especially with respect to formulating or reassessing strategy.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Perception

History shows that CEOs who dither over tough decisions cause companies to get stuck in adversity and, ultimately, to drift into crisis…The secret appears to be to “get on with it”: The game is won in the long term based on successful execution of a strategy, even a flawed one.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Decision Making, Leadership

When the yellow light is flashing, leaders tell us they face the widest range of strategic alternatives and have the most true decision-making power. (It may appear that leaders have more options when the light is green, but try making that argument to anyone who has attempted to make a fundamental change when the going is good.) And, although followers are more open to change … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management

It is useful, but not yet common in our literature and discussion of business, to distinguish among leadership, management, and administration. They are in fact very different; each is valuable and has its place. Briefly, leadership is about a vision of the future and the ability to energize others to pursue it. Management is about getting results and doing so efficiently so that a financial … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Minds are exceedingly hard to change. Ask any advertiser who has tried to convince consumers to switch brands, any CEO who has tried to change a company’s culture, or any individual who has tried to heal a rift with a friend. So many aspects of life are oriented toward changing minds-yet this phenomenon is among the least understood of familiar human experiences.

Now, eminent Harvard psychologist … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Howard E. Gardner | Subjects: Change Management, Leadership

Most people are certain that leadership is about direction, about giving people a sense of purpose that inspires and motivates them to commit and achieve. Leadership is also about a relationship between people — leaders and followers — that is built on firm ground; enduring values build trust. Few would disagree with these views.

Not everyone, however, offers the same answer to this question: What’s the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Barry Conchie | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subject: Leadership

A review of leadership development programs at eight major corporations reveals that nothing works better than interaction with colleagues.

Content: Article | Authors: Howard Morgan, Marshall Goldsmith | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

If you want to understand leadership, you have to understand it through the impact a leader has on followers. The word leadership explodes into meaninglessness if you don’t think about it from that perspective.

What a leader does for followers is turn anxiety into confidence. They’ve always done that throughout time and in every different society and situation. When leaders lead well, it’s because they’re able … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Management Consulting News | Subject: Leadership