Leadership expert Warren Bennis has authored more than 25 books on leadership. In Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, he distinguishes Managers from Leaders:
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- Managers administer – Leaders innovate
- Managers ask how and when – Leaders ask what and why
- Managers focus on systems – Leaders focus on people
- Managers do things right – Leaders do the right things
- Managers maintain – Leaders develop
- Managers rely on control – Leaders inspire trust
- Managers have a short-term perspective – Leaders have a longer-term perspective
- Managers accept the status-quo – Leaders challenge the status-quo
- Managers have an eye on the bottom line – Leaders have an eye on the horizon
- Managers imitate – Leaders originate
- Managers emulate the classic good soldier – Leaders are their own person
- Managers are copies – Leaders are original
