This is the third year that ASNE has tried to alter editor travel patterns by starting its convention Tuesday afternoon instead of that evening. A key strategy is to begin with a program latecomers would be sorry to miss. Graham, the retired publisher of The Washington Post, is a natural choice. Covey also met the challenge, but not in a way he planned. As questions from editors at his session attest, newspapers are among the clients for his seminars on leadership and management.
Managers fail as leaders when they spend too much time managing.
Most people are literally buried in management, he said. Moving from operational management to leadership is a transition that takes time, but eventually saves time. Maintaining the mission takes constant effort, he said, but as the job changes from management to leadership, people begin to manage themselves within the framework of the organization. Managers, as a result, will have more time to think with the end in mind. Covey said that leaders of the world s best-run organizations spend more time in planning than management.