E-MailA Closer Look at Leadership Versus Management
The expectations for our leaders have never been larger. More than ever before, the essentials of leadership include the courageous use of human experience and the individual desire to create a difference and succeed in a world of rising complexity. The possibilities for development and the ability to engage in new, interesting projects, as well as to realize potential, are almost infinite. In addition, individual existential choices have become more important and are more closely connected with the emotional forces of employees and managers. Gut feeling has risen in the ranks as a tool for decision making, and the leader's search for credibility and authenticity has become a major issue. At the same time, the organization's ability to set and reach strategic goals can no longer be differentiated from the manager as a human being. This is true for top leadership as well as for informal and formal management because the personalization of goal-setting and the capability of coaching both employees and stakeholders have become universal aspects of the role. I am not talking only about pragmatic branding exercises or media visibility and nicely phrased value-based management; the leader is in focus just as a performing artist is -- and people will be just as critical of the exposed aspects of the leadership performer's contribution as they are of the opera star tenor in an opening night at the Metropolitan Opera or a popular rock band at Wembley Stadium.
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