A manager is someone who tells people what to do. A leader is someone who inspires people to do great things.
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn (via forbes)
A manager is someone who tells people what to do. A leader is someone who inspires people to do great things.
I read recently that “Jim Barksdale’s witty homilies could only come from a book issued to southerners who become CEOs.”
The book is metaphorical, obviously, but I did enjoy this recent post on the Harvard Business Review’s Blog Network about the former Netscape CEO.