DO YOU MANAGE OR LEAD?

I appreciated this article I was given this morning. It's a checklist from Larry Johnson, President of Johnson Training Group, who sums it up by saying -

The world has lots of good managers. The world needs more good leaders.

Management is the science if directing the present.

Leadership is the art of envisioning the future.

Managers maintain the status quo.

Leaders bring about change.

Managers ensure that things run smoothly.

Leaders see that things get stirred up.

Managers count things made.

Leaders make things count.

Managers push people to produce.

Leaders inspire others to excel.

Managers make short-term profits.

Leaders pursue long-term goals.

Managers impose rules.

Leaders provide examples.

Managers think about realities.

Leaders are obsessed with possibilities.

Now that explains why I'm a lousy manager!!!