Management And Leadership Are Not

If The Private Sectors Are About Markets And The Public Sectors Are About Governments, Then The Plural Sector Is About Communities.

A Leader Has To Be One Of Two Things: He Either Has To Be A Brilliant Visionary Himself, A Truly Creative Strategist, In Which Case He Can Do What He Likes And Get Away With It; Or Else He Has To Be A True Empowerer Who Can Bring Out The Best In Others.

Theory Is A Dirty Word In Some Managerial Quarters. That Is Rather Curious, Because All Of Us, Managers Especially, Can No More Get Along Without Theories Than Libraries Can Get Along Without Catalogs And For The Same Reason: Theories Help Us Make Sense Of Incoming Information.

We're All Flawed, But Basically, Effective Managers Are People Whose Flaws Are Not Fatal Under The Circumstances. Maybe The Best Managers Are Simply Ordinary, Healthy People Who Aren't Too Screwed Up.

The Prime Occupational Hazard Of A Manager Is Superficiality.