Tao te ching

To manage is to get things done, it is about how you handle and process things in your life. To lead is to get others to do it for you. Might seem cynical and at times it can be.

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Tao te ching verse 17

At first, at best,
people hardly notice a leader.
Next they adore and acclaim him,
then come to fear him,
in the end despise him.
Thus lost faith breeds lost faith.

Be nondirective, make
your few words precious.
When the work is done, end
gained, everyone will say:
We did it by ourselves,
naturally.

True leadership is very little about being seen, it's about what is being done.

José Mourinho the world's foremost soccer coach

In a interview yesterday, after having been choosen once more as the world's foremost soccer coach, José Mourinho said that "the goal is not to be working in the best clubs, the goal is to win matches".

A coaching leadership style might have things in common with soccer, it's not the coach that scores - it is the players. The coach get others to do it.

Over to you, what are your impressions?