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"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall"

- Stephen Covey

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This quote by Stephen Covey speaks with the value of both management and management in accomplishing success. Management is the ability to efficiently climb the ladder of success, while leadership is the ability to guarantee that the ladder is leaning against the right wall. In other words, management is the skill of succeeding, while leadership is the ability of making sure that the top is the best location to be. Leadership is the ability to acknowledge the best instructions and to assist others because instructions. Without leadership, management is just a way to an end, and the end might not be the right one. Leadership is the ability to recognize the ideal path and to motivate others to follow it.

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Stephen Covey This quote is written / told by Stephen Covey between October 24, 1932 and July 16, 2012. He was a famous Businessman from USA. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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