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Bob Sutton on leadership vs management

14 September 2008

 
 
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Having previously posted on the distinction between leadership and management, the recent discussion by Bob Sutton on his view of the differences between leadership and management in his post “Leadership vs. Management: An Accurate But Dangerous Distinction?” caught my eye. In the post Bob makes an important point concerning how the [...]

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Leaders vs. Managers….. Are they really different?

8 April 2008

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The debate between leadership and management has been raging for a number of years. I feel that the distinction between management a leadership is useful one, in that it help us gain a better understanding of leadership and causes us to reflect on our own behaviour, asking ourselves, "Are we really [...]

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Michael Useem on Leadership

6 November 2007

Fast Company has an article by Michael Useem on his thoughts on leadership research conducted by a colleague of his who studies "48 firms among the Fortune 500 largest U.S. firms and asked two direct reports of their CEOs to describe their boss personally. To what extent are they visionary, self-confident, performing pretty high, walking [...]

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Are you a “Push” or “Pull” Leader?

25 July 2005

Stever Robbins (one of my favorite authors) wrote an article entitled “The “Pull Leadership” Manifesto“, in describing the difference between push and pull leadership he says:
“Maybe it’s because we use a whacked-out definition of leadership. “Leader” has become code for “rich guy with an impressive title who orders others around.” But leading by giving orders [...]

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