08.24.07
Leadership: Do the Right Things v.s. Do Things Right
These days, I am working very hard to prepare a powerpoint presentation for a public speech for my boss on the topic of “Leadership”. In the very beginning, I thought this is a easy topic coz it’s so popular and common in the realm of business where tones of information are available. But soon I found out that the leadership theories such as the different types of leadership style, the traits of a great leader, the essential skills of leaders … are easy to present but the essence of the leadership is difficult to illustrate in words… coz to me, leadership is something stronly related to charisma, passion, vision, personal power etc.
During my research, I found out the following illustration is worth to note:
Managers are people who do things right.
Leaders are people who do the right things.
Like us, we also need to focus on doing the right things at the very beginning coz it’s only wasteful to do worthless things right with our best effort.
