Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader

Craig R. Hickman puts to rest the fruitless debate about "managers" and "leaders", especially debunking today's all too prevalent worship of leadership. What companies need are the skills of both: the practical, analytical, orderly mind of a manager, and the experimental, visionary, creative soul of a leader.

• Introduction: Tapping the Natural Tension Between Managers and Leaders

1. Management/Leadership Environments
1. Management-Dominated
2. Leadership-Driven
3. Conflict-Oriented
4. Vacillation-Prone
5. Balanced and Integrated
2. Competitive Strategy/Advantage
6. Strategy plus Culture
7. Danger plus Opportunity
8. Version plus Vision
9. Isolate plus Correlate
10. Solutions plus Problems
11. Markets plus Customers
12. Rivals plus Partners
13. Incremental plus Sweeping
14. Weaknesses plus Strengths
3. Organizational Culture/Capability
15. Authority plus Influence
16. Uniformity plus Unity
17. Programs plus People
18. Policy plus Example
19. Instruction plus Inspiration
20. MBO plus MBWA
21. Control plus Empower
22. Releasing plus Keeping
23. Consistency plus Commitment
4. External/Internal Change
24. Stability plus Crisis
25. Duplicate plus Originate
26. Fasten plus Unfasten
27. Compromise plus Polarize
28. Complexity plus Simplicity
29. Reaction plus Proaction
30. Plans plus Experiments
31. Reorganize plus Rethink
32. Refine plus Revolutionize
5. Individual Effectiveness/Style
33. Methods plus Motives
34. Logical Thinking plus Lateral Thinking
35. Hierarchy plus Equality
36. Skepticism plus Optimism
37. Smoothing plus Confronting
38. Taking Charge plus Letting Go
39. Formality plus Informality
40. Science plus Art
41. Duties plus Dreams
6. Bottom-Line Performance/Results
42. Performance plus Potential
43. Dependencies plus Independence
44. Compensation plus Satisfaction
45. Conserving plus Risking
46. Tangible plus Intangible
47. Present plus Future
48. Short Term plus Long Term
49. Good plus Better

• Conclusion: Orchestrating Management and Leadership

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