Authority vs Leadership (pt 2)

I’ve posted on this before, but there’s a difference between leadership, responsibility and authority.

Look here…

Authority is parasitic. As defined by the principle of parasitism, authority lives and benefits at the expense of “the protected”. In order to live and benefit at the expense of the protected, it must find, or in most cases “create” problems to solve and enemies to vanquish, so that it may continue to take from “the protected” its livelihood.

There is no concept or type of authority that this principle does not apply to.

Authority is parasitism posing as leadership.

Listen…

Leadership is emergent. Authority is either granted, taken or forcibly imposed.

Leadership participates. Authority delegates or demands.

Leadership empowers. Authority dispenses rights and mobility.

Leadership listens and adapts. Authority censors and doubles down.

Leadership thinks systemically. Authority thinks locally, and according to self interest first.

Leadership thinks while in the process of doing. Authority claims that it can’t do, because it must reserve energy in order to think.

Leadership is conscientious. Authority is beholden to (status) beliefs and dogmas.

Leadership promotes and develops conscientiousness in others. Authority demands ignorance and blind submission from others.

Leadership accepts responsibility. Authority looks for things to solve problems for it so that it can take credit, or blame in the event of failure.

Authority is a cheap imitation of leadership. And until you separate those concepts in your mind, you might believe authority is necessary; when in reality it isn’t. Leadership can accomplish all the things authority can, and then ten times more.