328: Flashback - Are You a Manager or a Leader? 5 Areas to Examine

GTM Made Simple · Aug 27, 2019 · 14m

Are you a manager or a leader?

You don’t have to be one or the other.

Neither is better.

Leadership needs no title.

But to be effective, you need to know where you are on the spectrum.

These five assessments can help you figure out where you land.

1) Focus

A manager’s job is to focus on the “now” and be obsessed with short-term plans.

Leaders think long term—and they usually focus on only 3-5 priorities at a time.

2) Creativity

Creativity isn’t about being a great graphic designer.

For managers, creativity is overseeing what’s already in place.

For leaders it’s going beyond what everyone else…