The leader must discover the "Doing things right is not as important as doing the right thngs." A comparison between the Effective leader and the Efficient one is helpful.
Effectiveness |
Efficiency |
| Focuses on the desired result | Focuses on doing one's work in the correct manner |
| Seeks successes | Seeks to avoid failure |
| End of task most important | Means or resource to do a task most important |
| Oriented toward strategy and setting and keeping priorities | Oriented toward keeping the present system going |
| Uses a job description to define the work to be done and to set goals based on priorities | Performs each of the stated duties of a job description in the correct manner. |
| Attempts to find new ways to perform the task better | Concerned with keeping the status quo (things the way they are) |
| Anticipates change | Reacts to change |
| Flexible when change requires it. | Inflexible -- determined to carry out plans regardless of change. |
| Motivated toward growth | Comfortable with keeping things as they are. |
| Constantly giving critical evaluation of a task | Prone to keeping record of what is going on. |