What is the difference between leadership and management?
So much has been written on the difference between leadership and management. Dr. Z has scrutinized these 2 words and he has unlocked the secret differences for you:
Leadership comes before management in the alphabet – so if you want to come first be a leader not a manager.
There is a “ship” in [...]
Dr. Z. believes in the power of metaphor or similie (if you like that sort of thing).
Complete the following sentence:
Leadership is like ….
When you master metaphor you will master leadership. You can voice the metaphor during all occasions, people will be bamboozled by your ambiguity, others will salute you as a sage, and you will be [...]
Are you prepared to HAVIDOL?
Dr. Z. recommends Havidol as the drug of choice for leaders who recognize more is not enough.
Not sure you need havidol, take the ZING self-assessment test. Determine if multitasking makes you feel powerful and other essential questions to determine is you need this amazing drug.
As a caution here is the small print from the website [...]
Goals can drive you hairy or you can even have hairy goals.
Dr. Z. encourages you to have hope rather than goals. Because who ever wants to hear someone say to them, “you haven’t got a hope.” And nobody ever says, “you gotta be hag!”
Perhaps you have heard of a BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal!
Collins and Porras [...]
Dr. Z’s Leadership Institute is under attack! Yes, we have reason to believe the Burgundians are ready to turn us over to the authorities just like they did to Joan of Arc so many years ago.
The Burgundian menace rivals the drama of the Da Vinci Code when the lead character voiced the top movie action line of all [...]
Welcome back to Dr. Z’s Leadership Institute Quotation Corner.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. ~ [...]
Dr. Z is adamant: As a future leader, you must have a personal elevator speech plus a little extra that sets you apart.
Be prepared when the door opens on opportunity or if you get stuck between floors with a captive audience – regale anyone trapped behind the door with your unique elevator speech.
A pithy and [...]
Dr. Z has done extensive research on leadership communication patterns (he listened to leaders talk with each other as they went down a buffet line filling their plates with meat balls and mashed potatoes at a leadership conference).
After this state-of-the-art research fused with rigorous analysis of the data and the composition of the meatballs, Dr. [...]
Have you noticed the rise of a new term in leadership. Thought Leadership.
According to Wikipedia (the on-line source to decrease the need to think):
Thought leader is a buzzword or article of jargon used to describe a futurist or person who is recognized among their peer mentors for innovative ideas and demonstrates the confidence to promote [...]
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