A friend of mine recently became CEO of a biotech startup. It's his first CEO gig, first time running a business with investors, etc. The other day he said to me that he was surprised that being a CEO is such a lonely gig. Everyone is looking to you to make a decision. Everyone is looking to you for answers. Everyone else is basically just thinking about themselves, and it's all you at the end of the day, figuring out how to make it all work.
You want to understand the difference, ask Dana if, while she was raising her kids, she ever got to take a break and let someone else make all the decisions when she was feeling less than at the top of her game. It doesn't work that way. Leadership doesn't wait on the end of flu season, or for the winter blues to go away. Marriage, on the other hand, is a partnership. Each partner has a say, and when one partner is off, the other partner can be on. So let's narrow the definition from the generic "authority" to leadership. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Gruss wrote: >> RoMunn wrote: >> Not the same thing, not even close. >> > > Well, like what position of authority then? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267798 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
