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Difference between - Management and Leadership

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The amazing Dr. Maya Angelou understood the profound difference between management (what is done) and leadership (how things are done). She expressed it with her unique heart-full clarity when she said:   "People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Here are 5 things that successful leaders know about leadership that make us want to follow them: 1. You must become deeply self-aware and then get over yourself and be "other" focused.   Sounds strange, I know, but it is true. I talk a lot about the importance of self-awareness in leadership. It is a key component of emotional intelligence. But what isn’t talked about very often is the interconnected and essential next step: getting over yourself. Only then can you become the kind of leader who is fully focused on those around you who have placed their trust in you. When you are able to suspend your own ego, you can really see and hear...