The Difference Between the Leader and the "Leader" Part 2

(a continuation)

Leader: Often takes the blame
Non-Leader: Looks for a scapegoat

Leader: Gives credit to others
Non-Leader: Takes credit; complains about lack of good people

Leader: Gives honest, frequent feedback
Non-Leader: Info flows one way - into his or her own office

Leader: Knows when and how to fire people
Non-Leader: Ducks unpleasant tasks

Leader: Weeds the garden
Non-Leader: Likes to get bigger and more complex

Leader: Goes where the trouble is to help
Non-Leader: Interrupts people in crisis and calls them to meeting in his or her office

Leader: Sees growth as a by-product of search of excellence
Non-Leader: Sees growth as primary goal

Leader: Has respect for all people
Non-Leader: Thinks blue collars and pink collars are lazy, incompetent ingrates

Leader: Knows the business and the kind of people who make it tick
Non-Leader: They've never met him or her

Leader: Honest under pressure
Non-Leader: Improvises, equivocates

Leader: Looks for controls to abolish
Non-Leader: Loves new controls

Leader: Prefers eyeball to eyeball instead of memos
Non-Leader: Prefer memos, long reports

Leader: Straightforward
Non-Leader: Tricky, manipulative

Leader: Consistent and credible to the troops
Non-Leader: Unpredictable; says what he thinks they want to hear

Leader: Admits own mistakes; comforts others when they admit them
Non-Leader: Never makes mistakes; blames others; starts witch hunts to identify culprits

Leader: No policy manuals
Non-Leader: Policy manuals

Leader: Openness
Non-Leader: Secrecy

Leader: Little paperwork in planning
Non-Leader: Vast paperwork in planning

Leader: Promotes from within
Non-Leader: Always searching outside the company

Leader: Keeps his promises
Non-Leader: Doesn't

Leader: Plain office
Non-Leader: Lavish office

Leader: Thinks there are at least two other people in the company who would be good CEOs
Non-Leader: Number one priority is to make bloody sure no one remotely resembling a CEO gets on the payroll

Leader: Focused to the point of monomania on the company's values and objectives
Non-Leader: Unfocused except on self

Leader: Company is No. 1
Non-Leader: Self is No. 1

Leader: Sees mistakes as learning opportunities
Non-Leader: Sees mistakes as punishable offenses

You now know more about leaders and leadership than all the combined graduate business schools in America.

The Difference Between the Leader and the "Leader" Part 1

From the book A Passion For Excellence by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin:

Leader: Carries water for people
Non-Leader: Presides over the mess

Leader: A coach appealing to the best in each person; open door; problem-solver and advice-giver; cheerleader
Non-Leader: Invisible - gives orders to staff - expects them to be carried out

Leader: Thinks of ways to make people more productive, more focused on company goals how to reward them
Non-Leader: Thinks of personal rewards, status, and how he or she looks to outsiders

Leader: Comfortable with people in the workplace
Non-Leader: Uncomfortable with people

Leader: No reserved parking place, private washroom, dining room or elevator
Non-Leader: Has them

Leader: MBWA (manages by wandering around)
Non-Leader: No MBWA

Leader: Arrives early - stays late
Non-Leader: In late - usually leaves on time

Leader: Common touch
Non-Leader: Strained with blue collars

Leader: Good listener
Non-Leader: Good talker

Leader: Simplistic on company values
Non-Leader: Good at demonstrating his command of all the complexities

Leader: Available
Non-Leader: Hard to reach from below

Leader: Fair
Non-Leader: Fair to the top; exploits the rest

Leader: Decisive
Non-Leader: Uses committees, consultants

Leader: Humble
Non-Leader: Arrogant

Leader: Tough - confront nasty problems
Non-Leader: Elusive - the artful dodger

Leader: Persistent
Non-Leader: Only when his own goodies are at stake

Leader: Simplifies (makes it look easy)
Non-Leader: Complicates (makes it look difficult)

Leader: Tolerant of open disagreement
Non-Leader: Intolerant of open disagreement

Leader: Knows people's names
Non-Leader: Doesn't know people's names

Leader: Has strong convictions
Non-Leader: Vacillates when a decision is needed

Leader: Does dog-work when necessary
Non-Leader: Above dog-work

Leader: Trusts people
Non-Leader: Trusts only words and numbers on paper

Leader: Delegates whole important jobs
Non-Leader: Keeps all final decisions

Leader: Spends as little time as possible with outside directors, outside activities
Non-Leader: Spends a lot of time massaging outside directors

Leader: Wants anonymity for himself, publicity for his company
Non-Leader: The reverse

Beauche

Sometimes, even my ignorance amuses me.

I was passing by Ponciano on the way to school  when I glanced at a shop. The word written was "Beauche International" and the owner was probably a retail distributor of Beauche products.

At first, I was taken aback. How dare someone name his or her business Beauche International? Then, a familiar refrain from a memory came back to me: it's a radio ad with a woman's voice.

After which, I finally realized that I got the pronunciation of the brand name wrong because all the while I was reading "Beauche" as bitch" ("Bitch" International) when it should have been "byoo-shey".

Funny how retarded I could be at times.

Hurray to Sir Ramy

Again, just something I made to welcome a colleague on his return trip to Davao.

By the way, on behalf of all your adopted sons in Lanang, happy father's day sir.

Acquaintance

It's Saturday.

Was eating at Taps Damosa and happened to meet Emmanuel Nartatez. Had a little chat. Thought he had taken over the family business but he was paving his own way, trying to become a lawyer. 

He's currently studying law in Tagum City. I'm also going to study law this semester. Good luck to both of us.

Also met Resand Gaid on my commute home. Learned that she finally said no to nursing and is now teaching those who want to be nurses abroad instead. Good for her. Broke her mother's heart when she told her but at least Res is happy. Same ambition like I have (which is to get rich, among other things). Anyways, good luck also to both of us on that.

Two separate encounters with two different people but with a common thread running through both. Is this a sign for me?