CHAPTER 3

L Is for Leadership

Do You Have the Right Leadership Skills to Get the Best from Your Team?

“Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things!”

—Peter Drucker

“Leadership is getting people to follow you anywhere; even if it is out of curiosity!”

—Colin Powell

Leadership is the act of leading a group of people or an organization on a journey, to a destination, to a desired state or through a process of change and having the ability to lead this from the front, by creating, sharing, and inspiring others, to follow them toward the dream and vision. In the field of management science and in organizational development in particular, we often talk about the differences between managers and leaders. Hundreds, and probably ...

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