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MANAGERS DO THINGS
RIGHT, LEADERS DO
THE RIGHT THINGS
LEADING WELL
IN CONTEXT
They conquer in any
FOCUS Leaders develop a vision context—even in the most
Organizational roles for the organization.
turbulent of times.
KEY DATES
1977 US professor Abraham
Zaleznik writes an article
asking “Managers and
Leaders: Are They Different?”
...that managers then
1985 In Leaders: Strategies for Leaders advocate change
implement to make a new,
Taking Charge, Warren Bennis stable environment. and new approaches...
and Burt Nanus suggest four
leadership strategies to help
leaders do the right things.
1990 US leadership expert
John Kotter publishes What
Leaders Really Do. Managers do things right,
leaders do the right things.
1997 Robert House and Ram
Aditya claim that management
consists of implementing the
vision and direction provided
by leaders. ood managers do not 1985, “managers do things right;
necessarily make good leaders do the right thing.” Leaders
2005 Warren Bennis publishes G leaders, and good leaders “conquer” their surroundings—the
Reinventing Leadership: can be poor managers. This is competitive environment—through
Strategies to Empower because the two jobs are not vision and strategy, and it is the
the Organization. the same, despite sharing similar role of managers to then implement
characteristics—principally the these strategies effectively.
need to drive human (and therefore Effective management is crucial
organizational) capacity. As Warren to organizational success. It takes
Bennis and Burt Nanus noted in care of processes, planning,
