Distinctions Between Leaders and Managers

Eleven years ago, in 1997, Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith published a Revised Edition of “Learning to Lead”, in the book they make 13 distinctions between managers and leaders. Have you heard of them yet? Can you think of any other?

I use these distinctions as “clues”. Is good to look for the leaders’ behaviors in the people you work with. By the way, that’s what Bennis and Goldsmith suggest as the starting point in their book.

And the distinctions are:

  1. The manager administers; The leader innovates.
  2. The manager is a copy; The leader is an original.
  3. The manager maintains; The leader develops.
  4. The manager accepts reality; The leader investigates it.
  5. The manager focuses on systems and structures; The leader focuses on people.
  6. The manager relies on control; The leader inspires trust.
  7. The manager has a short-range view; The leader has a long range perspective.
  8. The manager asks how and when; The leader asks what and why.
  9. The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; The leader has his or her eye always on the horizon.
  10. The manager imitates; The leader originates.
  11. The manager accepts the status quo; The leader challenges it.
  12. The manager is the classic good soldier; The leader is his or her own person.
  13. The manager does things right; The leader does the right thing.

Be Aware, Be A Leader :)

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