| In the last decade or so, business and
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| | information, or any other resource -- and
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| management academics, writers, "gurus"
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| | match those resources to tasks.So while
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| and executives alike have all touted the
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| | leadership may be responsible for
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| importance of leadership.They've written
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| | determining what the goal is, management
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| about it. They've spoken about it.
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| | is crucial to achieving it.Based on that,
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| They've conducted MBA courses on it.
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| | management is just as important to
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| They've practiced it.And they've
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| | achieving a goal as leadership wouldn't
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| certainly worshipped it.And so they
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| | you say?And typically, for every leader
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| should. Leadership is critical, right?
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| | with a compelling vision, a business
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| It's what gives companies direction --
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| | needs a certain number of managers to
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| what drives them onward and upward to
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| | organize the work and the workers, in
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| success.Without leadership a company
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| | order to achieve that vision. (It also
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| would be all dressed up with nowhere to
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| | needs an even greater number of workers
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| go.And please don't confuse it with
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| | but that's the subject of another
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| management. Leadership captivates us with
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| | article!).So... if the average business
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| the why and what; management bores us
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| | needs more managers than leaders... why
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| with the how, who, when and where.Leaders
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| | doesn't the business "intelligentsia"
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| are the visionaries. The thinkers. Those
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| | give equal -- if not greater emphasis --
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| exceptional "big picture" people who
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| | to the development of management skills
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| inspire us to embrace their vision for
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| | than to leadership skills?Possibly
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| the future.Managers... well they're the
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| | because too much emphasis has been given
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| people who can't lead. Managers lack big
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| | to management than to leadership in the
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| picture vision; they too mired in the
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| | past... or possibly because having a big
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| details -- the small picture. And they're
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| | vision and inspiring people is so much
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| too busy organizing than
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| | sexier than the nitty-gritty of preparing
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| orchestrating.Only it's the managers who
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| | budgets, hiring people, delegating tasks,
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| actually get us where we want to go.
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| | monitoring performance, choosing vendors,
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| After all, what good is it having a road
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| | and the "mundane" tasks of management.Or
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| toward the future without an operational
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| | perhaps the tasks of a manager are just
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| car to get us there?It seems to me that
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| | plain obvious...So obvious that many
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| in all this glorification of leaders and
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| | executives, professionals, entrepreneurs
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| leadership... managers and management
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| | and small business owners find themselves
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| have been unjustly maligned... To the
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| | in management positions... where they're
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| point where "management" is equated with
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| | full of vision and grand plans... but
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| being small-minded, reactive,
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| | can't get the people they manage to
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| controlling, even stifling.As a result,
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| | actually do the things necessary to
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| while up-and-coming professionals,
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| | accomplish that plan and those grand
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| executives, entrepreneurs and small
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| | plans!Enough already!We need more
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| business owners, focus on developing
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| | managers -- or should I say people with
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| leadership skills... they neglect to
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| | management skills -- not more leaders.
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| develop management skills. The very
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| | Big dreams abound... the capabilities to
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| skills that get things done.What skills
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| | access and allocate resources to achieve
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| are these?Well, in my opinion, management
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| | those big dreams are in far too short
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| is basically about allocating resources
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| | supply.Anna Johnson is the author of the
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| to achieve a goal. Great managers do a
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| | How To Manage People System, including
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| little more than that, but the manager's
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| | her book, How To Manage People (Even If
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| role is essentially to allocate resources
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| | You're A Control Freak!).
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| -- whether people, money, tools,
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