Leaders or Rock Stars?
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Business Pundit has an excellent write up on the leadership lessons of the quest to scale Mt. Everest. Interestingly many of the lessons are the same as those cited by Jim Collins in his book Good To Great. One of the key points that stuck out for me was the difference between actual leaders and what Business Pundit’s write-up refers to as “gentleman-adventurers.” In a nutshell, both Good to Great and this article discuss the differences between personality and leadership. A company or a task driven by a personality dies when the personality dies or is removed from the equation while those driven by leadership tend to continue moving forward because the goals are more important than the personality.
From my own experience having served both in the military as well as having been a warrior in the Dotcom boom this really comes down to how leaders and personalities think differently. Personalities tend to surround themselves with yes-men while leaders strive to delegate authority and inspire more leaders. In Collins’ book he discusses Iacocca at Chrysler. One only has to look at the more recent performance of the company to be able to see how once Iacocca left the company fell back into a pattern of failure. Meanwhile some of the most successful corporations in the world are run by people who most people couldn’t identify. They don’t seek personal glory or fame. They realize that the success of the company exceeds the need to inflate their own egos.
There’s a lot we can learn from good leaders.
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