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Leadership's Competitive Advantage

Dr. Al Coke

Most North American businesses are average. Would you like to break out of this pack of mediocrity? Moving to the head of your industry is not so difficult if you reconsider an underused resource - your leadership potential.

There are huge voids of leadership in businesses. Managers are doing activities but they are not leading. I see it frequently in my consulting practice. You experience it every day at your work place. The result is a significant loss of a desirable strategic edge to you over your industry.

To move an organization toward its full potential a manager needs two core competencies. They are managership and leadership. The skill sets are cousins and not interchangeable. The first, managership, is concerned with organization care while the second, leadership, is concerned with people care.

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