"I am Spartacus!" The difference between Power and Leadership
Submitted by The_Architect on October 3, 2012 - 1:30pm.
I love this scene from the movie Spartacus. Lawrence Olivier's Crassus has the power over life and death. But, who's the real leader here? You can tell from the look on Olivier's face that he knows it isn't and never will be him. I guess he should have thought laterally: Kirk Douglas is the only one NOT shouting 'I am Spartacus'. Learning point? There are people with power in your organization. That's often confused with leadership. The two are very different.
If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.
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