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Commanders know the objective; leaders grasp the direction. Commanders dictate; leaders influence. Controllers demand; collaborators facilitate. Controllers micro-manage; collaborators encourage. Managers who embrace the leadership-collaboration model understand their primary role is to set direction, to provide guidance, and to facilitate connecting people and teams
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David Mann, Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Second Edition (New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2010).
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Ibid.
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Ken Schwaber, The Enterprise and Scrum (Developer Best Practices). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2007).
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James P. Womack Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos, The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production (New York: Free Press, 1990).
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Freedman, R. (2016). The Leadership Commitment. In: The Agile Consultant. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6053-0_11
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