An excerpt from Jan 09 Harvard business Review.
Modern managers need to understand the fact that in future, they'll be the leaders. They have to STOP managing people & learn to LEAD them. Young managers take alot of time in realizing the fact that they are not here just to keep themselves & their subordinates "Look Busy" in day to day operational matters. They need to prognosticate the vision for themselves, for their subordinates (who will later on follow him if he timely learns to lead them) and for his company whose future he has to carve from his own nails.
To create a shared vision, one has to have the clarity & the crispiness in his words that translate his prescience to his subordinates or followers so that they know where they & their company is heading.
Lastly, it's the people who you manage, its the people who you lead. Its certainly NOT a ONE MAN SHOW!!!
...the best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present. The only visions that take hold are shared visions—and you will create them only when you listen very, very closely to others, appreciate their hopes, and attend to their needs. The best leaders are able to bring their people into the future because they engage in the oldest form of research: They observe the human condition.
Modern managers need to understand the fact that in future, they'll be the leaders. They have to STOP managing people & learn to LEAD them. Young managers take alot of time in realizing the fact that they are not here just to keep themselves & their subordinates "Look Busy" in day to day operational matters. They need to prognosticate the vision for themselves, for their subordinates (who will later on follow him if he timely learns to lead them) and for his company whose future he has to carve from his own nails.
To create a shared vision, one has to have the clarity & the crispiness in his words that translate his prescience to his subordinates or followers so that they know where they & their company is heading.
Lastly, it's the people who you manage, its the people who you lead. Its certainly NOT a ONE MAN SHOW!!!
“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.” James Allen
