Bulldozer00's Blog

One of the differences between a leader and a manager is the way that they handle status reports from team members. When a leader receives a status report from a team member, she zeros in on the issues/roadblocks section and gets immediately to work. She talks to the team member to ferret out the problem specifics.  For those issues that are out of the control of the team member, the leader becomes proactive and goes out and resolves the problem. It’s that simple.

What does a manager do with an issue? A manager ignores it. Hell, it’s work and thus, it’s outside the scope of her responsibility. After a few weeks of submitting issues and seeing no action taken, team members flip the bozo bit on the manager. Trust and respect, which are hard to earn but easy to lose, go right out the window.

Leaders rule, managers drool.