This morning I read an article on Harvard Business Review about leadership from Linda A. Hill, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Kent Lineback, an ex-executive in business and government. They discussed about how to be a great boss. They wrote, too often managers underestimate how much time and effort it takes to keep growing and developing. They argued becoming a great boss is a lengthy, difficult process of learning and change, driven mostly by personal experience. As a result, so much time and effort are required. It is like a journey – journey of years. They added, what makes the journey especially arduous is that the lessons involved cannot be taught. Leadership is using ourselves as an instrument to get things done in the organization. No doubt, it is about self-development. As a manager, usually we face chaotic workdays, day by day. To deal with the chaos, we need a clear underlying sense of what’s important we and our group to be in the future. Management is respons...
from Rudy M. Harahap's Notes (a PhD in Performance Management Systems)