Blog about Leadership

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has drafted and proposed a tax on the financial sector to fund future bailouts in the event of a future financial crisis. The proposal is titled, “A Fair and Substantial Contribution by the Financial Sector.” This makes sense. The IMF originated in the Bretton Woods agreements, which were drafted in [...]

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 Quotes:
“Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing.”
Warren Bennis
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker
“Leaders manage change. Managers control process.”
Anonymous
“Managers think about today. Leaders think about tomorrow.”
Dan McCreary
Blog articles:
What is the Difference Between Leadership and Management

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Leaders and Entrepreneurship 
Entrepreneurship is a special skill set. Some great entrepreneurs are not-so-great leaders or managers, but successful leaders need to master some of the entrepreneurship skill set. There is a “new” word that is thrown around – Intrapreneurship – to represent the entrepreneurial activities internal to an organization. I don’t particularly like this term [...]

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