Steven Covey makes an important distinction between leaders and managers.

Leaders are those who have vision and direction.

Managers simply master the art of doing ‘it’ better and more efficiently.

Covey offers the following illustration:

The managers are those who are finding better swinging movements to cut more branches with less effort while the leader is the one climbing to the top of the tree to see if they are in the right forest and to see if they are heading the right direction.  Read more... (827 words, 11 images, estimated 3:18 mins reading time)

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