Best of Blogs: Lisa Haneberg and Management Craft

Lisa Haneberg is a professional management and leadership trainer, coach and consultant. She's also the bestselling author of many books including Focus Like a Laser Beam, H.I.M.M.: (High Impact Middle Management): Solutions for Today's Busy Managers, Organizational Development Basics, Coaching Basics and several short e-books.

One of Lisa's four blogs is Management Craft which focuses on management and leadership - two of her stated passions (she is also passionate about the Southwest and the perfect chicken nacho). Lisa calls her business blog Management Craft because she thinks of management and leadership as a craft; a practice we hone and develop over time.

On Lisa's site she re-posted the most popular piece on leadership she's written to date (it gets hit every day even though it was written three years ago). Here's an excerpt from that February 2005 post (she continues to write great things about leadership and management, but this is one of Lisa's - and her readers - favorites):

Leadership is Just One Thing
by Lisa Haneberg (February 12, 2005)

About a week ago, I offered my perspective on the differences between Leadership and Management. You can read this post here. I don't often write about leadership, but I have been thinking about how I would articulate leadership.

When we say someone is a great leader, we often are saying he or she is a great leader, manager, and coach. When I peel away the management and coaching elements, I see what is pure leadership.

Leadership is just one thing.

Leadership is like the horseradish in the sauce I make for raw oysters.
It's like the wasabi in my sushi.
It's the lime leaves in my Panang curry.
It's the Bombay in my martini.

It's something special that makes a big difference. So what's the one thing?

When we deomonstrate leaderhsip, we exude a proactive thrust. It's about taking the initiative to make things better.

Read the rest of Lisa's post here.

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