Comments on: Manage vs. Lead Part I

By: Jim Hancock

Jim Hancock — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:23:54 +0000

Ah! eM, you’ve put your finger on something grand! Leaders who stir up drama and roller-coaster emotions and end up wearing people out can hardly be considered effective. One way to recognize reasonably effective leaders is their contribution to joy in the workplace.

By: eM

eM — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:39 +0000

I happen to have worked with and under both Managers and Leaders. The Managers, muddling along produced results that got everyone by with unnecessary stress.

….The Leaders, sometimes they would be pain,…. they stretched me, I didn’t get everything. However, for every little accomplishment, there was joy, fulfillment, a connection to something bigger and meaning in sometimes rote and mundane tasks. Failure was equally accepted with its lessons.

I always Strive to Lead, and though it often generates necessary conflict…eventually most buy in and are astounded when they compare what Leadership as opposed to management is capable of.

By: Jim Hancock

Jim Hancock — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:24 +0000

Exactly, Glynn. Strategy—and solid tactics for that matter—drive activity…but to what end?

By: Glynn

Glynn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:35:58 +0000

I once had a manager (deliberate choice of word) who had a strategy for everything — and a vision for nothing. I also had a manager who said, "We are going to be the bext X anyone’s ever seen, and we will do this and this and this as a result." The difference is universes apart.