Leaders inspire people toward shared goals through vision, conviction, and communication. Managers tell people what to do. The difference comes down to three things: a clear mountain to summit, the courage to persist when others doubt you, and the ability to actually communicate it.
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I personally believe that leadership is about the ability to inspire others to achieve shared objectives. The most important word there is inspire. And I think that's what separates leaders from managers. Managers tell people what to do, and leaders inspire them to do it. And I think inspiration largely emanates from three dimensions. The first is the clarity of your vision and what mountain you're trying to summit and climb. And the second is the courage of your conviction. Because if you have true vision and you want to try something that hasn't been done before, there's going to be a lot of naysayers, there's going to be a lot of skeptics, there's going to be a lot of people who feel threatened and try to get in your way. And then lastly, is the ability to effectively communicate that vision and that conviction. If leaders are in a position where they can do those three things that they can effectively inspire.