Leadership vs Management: A picture of sculpture of two metal faces, facing each other, two feet apart. From Medford, England. In this case, the faces are to represent Leadership and Management.

Leadership vs Management: Jekyll and Hyde? Or Yin and Yang?

Dave Labowitz Leadership

Leadership vs management… what’s the difference? If you Google it you’ll find a host of articles painting “management” as the shadowy underbelly of leadership done poorly and putting “leadership” on a worship-worthy pedestal. Is “leadership” the Dr. Jekyll to “management’s” Mr. Hyde? Or are these comparisons unfair? If you buy into leadership vs management as a light vs dark paradigm, …

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Breaking the F Barrier: How Cursing at Work can Build Connection with Your Team

Dave Labowitz Career, Leadership, Random

One of our junior technicians was looking at me nervously. He had probably been expecting one of the managers to review his proposal to tweak our workflow. Instead, somehow I, the VP, Operations, had gotten a hold of it. I finished my read through and looked up at him, grinning. “This is some fucking great work,” I announced. His face …

A cartoon of two figures shouting at each other and waving their arms, clearly very angry. The thought bubble over both of their heads reads, "MY WORDS CAME OUT FINE! THEY WERE PROCESSED INCORRECTLY BY YOUR BRAIN!!!"

Would You Like to Eliminate Miscommunication in Your Business?

Dave Labowitz Leadership

Have you ever wished you could eliminate miscommunication in your business? I have. When miscommunication rears its head, failure tends to follow. This can include screw-ups like building the wrong thing for a client, setting incorrect expectations which lead to a missed deadline, or one of your team members wasting time doing work that isn’t want you were asking for …