One way to depict leadership is for the leader to take a group of people on a bus ride toward a destination.
Here are the scenarios:
Early in my practice, I thought that I could shape my team like a sculptor. Boy, was I wrong!
We’re not on a crusade of changing people-- they’re either the right people or NOT!
Inverson took an obscure...
I once had a nursing manager that started as an ideal worker whom I promoted up the ranks. As time moved on and I continued to expand and innovate the processes of the clinic, I felt more and more resistance from her until she became fully defiant.
Unfortunately, I eventually had to let her go.
Years later, I learnt that visionaries and entrepreneurs survive and thrive on Changes, while managers favour Status Quo.
Thus, they fight against anything that upsets homeostasis!
Here is a table depicting more of their differences:
ENTREPRENEUR | MANAGER | |
Focus | Business startup | Ongoing operations |
Primary motivation | Achievement | Power |
Approach to task | Informal | Formal |
Status | Owner | Employee |
Reward | Profit | Salary |
Decision making | Intuitive | Calculative |
Driving force | Creativity and Innovation | Preserving status quo |
Risk orientation | Risk taker | Risk averse |
Once you...