A quick glance at the difference…

man·ag·er n.
1. One who handles, controls, or directs, especially:
a. One who directs a business or other enterprise.
b. One who controls resources and expenditures, as of a household.

Leader: According to About.com, “A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Put even more simply, the leader is the inspiration and director of the action. He or she is the person in the group that possesses the combination of personality and skills that makes others want to follow his or her direction.”

Another way to look at the difference is to say:

• Managers have subordinates
• Leaders have followers

Both management and leadership are important.  Each level plays an important role in getting things done.  Managers focus primarily on processes whereas leaders usually focus on people.

In future posts we will look more closely at specific traits and characteristics that set managers and leaders apart.  Knowledge of the difference traits can be a Success Habit that helps set you apart!

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Stage Four of Four

The top developmental skill for effective leadership is a high level of emotional intelligence.  This skill is developed and strengthened through quiet and regular reflection.  Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand emotions, particularly one’s own emotions.  “Know thyself”, proclaims the ancient Greek aphorism. Continue reading ‘Stages of Leadership – Emotional Intelligence’ »

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Stage Three of Four

Excellent leaders seem to have a natural ability to receive automatic buy-in from others.   This gift of “influence” is often a combination of integrity plus charisma.  When trust and admiration are in place, it is natural for others to want to follow a person or business.   This is a natural form of branding. Continue reading ‘Stages of Leadership – The Gift of Influence’ »

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Stage Two of Four

All businesses have a need for interconnectedness.  Executives have a need to understand how various business processes are inter-related.  In addition to inter-relatedness inside the processes of the company itself, executives must be able to relate content, strategy, and reasoning with regard to global interactions, technological advances, societal expectations, as well as politics. Continue reading ‘Stages of Leadership: Applicability and Connectivity’ »

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There are many facets of management.   A good manager must also possess a strong leadership base.

The Four Stages of Leadership:

1.     Functional Competence

2.     Applicability

3.     Positive influence of others

4.     Emotional Intelligence

In order to progress through successful careers, managers –becoming- leaders must master and live these four stages of leadership.  To skip any of the four stages or to forget the lessons learned there can cause a career to stall or derail.

In later posts we will look at these four success habits in more depth.

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Just read a good article posted from Walk The Talk and thought it would be good to pass along.

The 10 Commandments of Leadership… Continue reading ‘The 10 Commandments of Leadership’ »

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So much good information can be gleaned from the leadership book, “First Break all the Rules.”   But it is never too late to revisit the main ingredients of the best managers.

Best managers have these things in common:

• Reject conventional wisdom
• Treat every employee as an individual
• Never try to fix weaknesses.  Instead they focus on strengths and talents.
• Know their people are watching every move they make

Remember that managers do need to be able to “manage”.  But the best managers know even better how to lead and inspire

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We all know that multiple situations come across our desks and our minds daily.  Focus is a critical element of leadership.

I just read a great paper by Dan Coughlin.  He calls this process the 1-3-6 Process for Focusing Efforts.

The 1-3-6 Process for Focusing Efforts: Continue reading ‘Focus For Success’ »

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We become like the people we spend time with.   It’s the age-old truth that we our parents drilled into us and we, in turn, attempted to drill into our own children.  We must hang around the right “reference group” in order to stay on the right track.

As corporate and community leaders, it is important to refer back to this sage advice.  A good business associate will tell you when you are about to walk into the lion’s den or when you are about to walk off of a cliff.  And the good news is that you don’t have to hold regularly scheduled meetings of everyone.  This board you put together exists not on paper but exists in friendships, phone calls, and lunch meetings.

You should have a trusted friend in each area of your professional and personal life.  Some examples: Continue reading ‘Do You Have Your Own Personal Board of Directors?’ »

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Corporate culture will be very important as we move out of the worst recession most of us have ever experienced. In all likelihood, the financial recovery will be slow… at best.

Employees and consumers (they are one in the same, in most cases) are going to want to work for companies and buy from companies who have a strong Corporate Social Responsibility.

Employees state that layoffs, reduced benefit packages, as well as reduced or stagnant compensation have all contributed to a heightened feeling of disengagement. What are some things a pro-active company can do to address this critical component of disengagement as the economy recovers? Continue reading ‘Post-Recession: Is Your Company Ready?’ »

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