Comments on: Quote of the Week http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/329 A blog about improvement in health care Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Lee Fried http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/329#comment-3709 Lee Fried Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:38:59 +0000 http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/329#comment-3709 Hi Rob, Thanks for sharing, I agree with all of these. It will be interesting to see if other readers of the blog share what they find to be the differences. Take Care, Lee Hi Rob,

Thanks for sharing, I agree with all of these. It will be interesting to see if other readers of the blog share what they find to be the differences.

Take Care,

Lee

]]> By: Rob http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/329#comment-3708 Rob Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:38:35 +0000 http://www.dailykaizen.org/archives/329#comment-3708 Lean and any other change program in a company depends on leadership. I hear of bottom-up implementation efforts, which almost always fail. I've also seen companies with poor senior management - the fish rots from the head, so to speak. Wikipedia does a great job summing-up the difference between merely managing and leading: * Managers administer, leaders innovate * Managers ask how and when, leaders ask what and why * Managers focus on systems, leaders focus on people * Managers do things right, leaders do the right things * Managers maintain, leaders develop * Managers rely on control, leaders inspire trust * Managers have a short-term perspective, leaders have a longer-term perspective * Managers accept the status-quo, leaders challenge the status-quo * Managers have an eye on the bottom line, leaders have an eye on the horizon * Managers imitate, leaders originate * Managers emulate the classic good soldier, leaders are their own person * Managers copy, leaders show originality Rob Lean and any other change program in a company depends on leadership. I hear of bottom-up implementation efforts, which almost always fail. I’ve also seen companies with poor senior management - the fish rots from the head, so to speak. Wikipedia does a great job summing-up the difference between merely managing and leading:

* Managers administer, leaders innovate
* Managers ask how and when, leaders ask what and why
* Managers focus on systems, leaders focus on people
* Managers do things right, leaders do the right things
* Managers maintain, leaders develop
* Managers rely on control, leaders inspire trust
* Managers have a short-term perspective, leaders have a longer-term perspective
* Managers accept the status-quo, leaders challenge the status-quo
* Managers have an eye on the bottom line, leaders have an eye on the horizon
* Managers imitate, leaders originate
* Managers emulate the classic good soldier, leaders are their own person
* Managers copy, leaders show originality

Rob

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