Are You Leading or Managing?

When did you realize the difference between managing and leading?

Are you empowering growth or just assigning tasks?

Early in my career, I saw management as control. I thought I could do everything better, so I did it all—brainstorming, planning, and supervising execution closely. At the time, it felt incredibly effective—it worked, after all!

Eventually, I realized the team was not taking the initiative as they were just waiting for my direction. Their professional growth was hindered, and I realized that the team’s performance was muted the whole time.

Recognizing this, and once I shifted toward enabling others to think, act, and solve, I saw both performance and morale lift.

“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”
----Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet (Chapter 2: Control)

Management runs systems. Leadership grows people.

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