Leadership Development Coach Denise Green – “Intentions win over delivery”

Leadership Development Coach Denise Green – “Intentions win over delivery”

This short video from @ScottWilliams provides 10 clear distinctives to help understand the difference between a manager and a leader.
(Believe – Encourage – Challenge – Correct)

Speaker: David Colcleugh, former Chair, President and CEO, DuPont Canada; Author, Everyone a Leader: A Guide to Leading High-Performance Organizations for Engineers and Scientists (Rotman/UofT Press, 2013)
Topic: What Happens When Every Employee is Both a Functional Expert and a Leader

Presented by: Nicole Liles – Source: Gordon Brown Ted Talk

Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, Ltd., explains how inverting the management pyramid leads to superior organizational performance. (RP)

Sometimes it pays to shut up! Especially when you are really smart.
As a bright and capable performer, you will have plenty of opportunities to show what you know and how you know it but one thing you can never do is — show off! People in power don’t like it and people you work with find it annoying.
Smart people who know when to speak up and when to act on their initiatives are a special breed. Don’t squander your opportunities by showing off. Let your cool demeanor speak for you.

The best leaders aren’t necessarily great managers and great managers aren’t always the best leaders. A company needs both types of personalities to be competitive. Here’s a look at the separate skills and traits associated with each, so you can be the best leader and/or manager for your IT team.
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