It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Experts manage current systems while leaders must move beyond them.
- In plain terms
- Experts handle known tasks; leaders must go beyond them.
- What can you take from it?
- Leadership requires moving past established norms.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When should a leader become an expert?
Another view
Devalues the role of technical expertise in execution.
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