Are leaders leaders ?

Question

Deming said that people on the shop floor know about problems and they are desperately trying to bring these problems to the attention of management.

Wouldn't leaders know the key facts ?

Wouldn't leaders know about the key problems and be fixing them ?

Answer 1

Tolstoy thought that the great events in history were not determined by great leaders but by the unpredictable and "destined" movements of entire populations. He believed that so many factors were present in any decision that it was nearly impossible to discern a single "reason" for any given action or consequence.

Answer 2

You would think so but they do not view problems from the view point of the machine that moves their corporation across the glob.They are simply the steering committee or column.

Answer 3

A Leader cannot lead if he does not have a loyal group of people reporting to him. A leader can only lead if people let him.