May I recommend Seth Godin's new book Tribes?  This 147-page book will make you think about the people you lead. Here is an excerpt:

"In a classic I Love Lucy episode, Lucy and Ethel are working on a candy assembly line. As the candies come faster and faster, the two of them panic, stuffing truffles into their mouths to keep up with the onslaught.

They had a management problem.

Management is about manipulating resources to get a known job done. Burger King franchises hire managers. They know exactly what they need to deliver and they are given resources to do it at low cost. Managers manage a process they've seen before, and they react to the outside world, striving to make that process as fast and as cheap as possible.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change that you believe in.

Leaders have followers. Managers have employees. Managers make widgets. Leaders make change.

Change? Change is frightening, and too many people who would be leaders, it seems more of a threat than a promise. That's too bad, because the future belongs to our leaders, regardless of where they work or what they do."

Are you managing or leading? If you're not leading, why not? Why not you and why not now?

rb