Great managers are not just leaders-in-waiting. This article from Marcus Buckingham and Curtis Coffman explores a vital different between leaders and managers.
Great managers are not just leaders-in-waiting. This article from Marcus Buckingham and Curtis Coffman explores a vital different between leaders and managers.
I am growing tired of this leadership management debate.
Management is a form of leadership.
In the same way that grape is a fruit. You do not eat fruit you eat a grape, apple, orange, etc…
Same with leadership – management is an attribute/form/substance whatever of leadership.
Great managers lead, and great leaders manage.
Essentially what the debate stems from is what you get paid to do?
Managers work in the system…leaders work on the system. It’s the leaders that create the work for the managers to perform in order for the producers to contribute to the organization. The methodology has been around for quite some time, hence there really is no debate.
I’m more aligned with Geoff. I don’t know that management is a form of leadership. Management was created to supervisor factory workers and keep system running smoothly. Leadership is about leading people to new places, or creating new systems. Same thing: no. Perhaps two sides of the same coin.