Rules of Management, The: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success

Chapter 67. Don’t Stagnate

	“A manager’s job is to create stability and deal with reality. A leader’s job is to stir emotion and set audacious, grandiose goals that shake the status quo. Too much management and you stagnate. Too much leadership and you get nowhere. Embrace the challenge of striking the balance. Do it well, and the results will surpass your wildest dreams.”
	--The Management and Leadership Network

So are you a leader or a manager? Not really a fair question when we’ve spent the whole book so far making sure you are an effective, efficient, and startlingly good manager. But the really good managers are also leaders—they inspire and motivate, encourage, and enthuse. They draw people to them like moths to a flame. They are charismatic ...