Are You In It To Win or In It Not To Lose? The Difference Between Leaders and Managers

A thought leader’s natural set point is disequilibrium. They seek out ways to challenge current paradigms. One of my clients said it best, “I can benchmark myself against existing strategy and sure I’ll do well, or I can create strategy and then break existing paradigms.”The pressure to execute with limited resources, multiple stakeholders and shifting client demands is a challenging feat. This breeds urgency which is largely operationally focused with tight deadlines. One of my clients, a highly respected CEO, states it this way, “We are incented to create short term value. We are compensated at year end based upon our year end performance.”Yet leaders are advised that they must se

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