“Manage Things, Lead People”

March 9, 2012
Maybe you've read somewhere that leadership and management are two different competencies – one drives change and the other assures operational excellence; one originates and the other systemizes; one is entrepreneurial and the other tends the status quo. If you attended the 2011 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Institute, this was captured in William Rosenbach’s presentation on transformational leadership and transactional leadership (see Using Transformational & Transactional Leadership: Chamberlain At Little Round Top all members).

This dichotomy in the view of leadership versus management was also captured in our recent series on the role of managers – Should . . .