“Human beings are compounded of cognition and emotion and do not function well when treated as though they were merely cogs in motion …

The task of the administrator must be accomplished less by coercion and discipline, and more and more by persuasion …

Management of the future must look more to leadership and less to authority as the primary means of coordination.”

Luther H Guilick, 1937

I’ve been doing rather a lot of travelling in the past ten days or so and when I see this quote, from way back in 1937, I’m reminded of that great travel anthem… “Are we there yet?”

For some more ideas on the different roles of leader and manager have a look at this article I wrote on Leadership Role Playing.

Somehow I think we’re still on the journey.