Leaders Think, Managers Do

We tend to focus on the person in charge of a group as the leader. That's wrong.

Leadership is about the initiation of new directions.

Leadership ends when the target audience accepts a new idea.
Leadership does not result in any action taken.

Implementing ideas is a managerial activity.

When executives move from championing a new idea to its implementation they are moving from leadership to management.

"All employees in large organizations can show thought leadership, both to colleagues and their bosses."

Comment: So when you think about new ways to organize people to implement a project, you are a leader. And when you are supervise them on the job, you are a manager?

Abbreviated From: Leaders Direct