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  • 1.  (management (leadership))

    Posted 11-10-1999 02:42
    Sorry, Tom, but under your heading of "Leadership" you neatly summarized
    what Peter Drucker wrote over 35 years ago in his book aptly titled "The
    Practice Of Management."

    The word "leadership" was injected into the marketplace only a few years
    ago by consultants who were trying to make unsuspecting prospects believe
    they finally had The Silver Bullet. And the ruse worked fairly well
    because what was being taught (or should I say "Hammer'd"?) into management
    students at that time was a lot of process mumbo jumbo.

    Managing has been about getting things done with, through and for people
    for centuries (read Macheavelli's The Prince circa 1520) and is not likely
    to change for a bunch of Witch Doctors (with a big TKU to Mickelthwait and
    Wooldridge).

    In fact, I'll wager that one day you will discover that leadership is but
    one of the facets of managing.

    Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Tom Taormina wrote Re: Spirituality in the workplace
    [...]
    >If they ever were in the past, today, the words leadership and
    >management are clearly not synonymous.
    >
    >Management is the control of processes. It is how we run the value delivery
    >system in our organizations. It is the control of the nuts and bolts. People
    >operate processes but the processes are managed, not people.
    >
    >Leadership is how we effect people. It is creating a shared vision. It is
    >genuine dialogue. It is setting an ethical example. It is leading by logical
    >necessity and being a student when ably led. It is creating an inner circle
    >of enlightened leaders. Leadership is genuine power used to create positive
    >outcome for all.
    >
    >Please take care when using these two terms interchangeably.

    Jack Ring
    Innovation Management
    32712 N. 70th St., Snottsdale, AZ 85262-7143
    Office) 480-488-4615, Cell) 602.369.4615, Fax) 480-488-4616
    Where all think alike, no one thinks very much. (Walter Lippman)


  • 2.  (management (leadership))

    Posted 11-10-1999 13:13
    Jack Ring's criticism of the rediscovery of leadership as the new fix is very fair. He argues that it is but one facet of what managers do. Yet the distinction between management and leadership may be useful all the same. Managers, of course, do both.

    In my book (and I mean this literally - Management, London, Financial Times Publishing, 1999) leadership is about influencing people whereas management covers aspects such as planning and so on. As Capowski says, management is from the head, leadership from the heart.

    The manager as manager is a rational, consulting, persistent, tough-minded, analytical, authoritative problem solver using position power to achieve things.
    The manager as leader is a passionate, creative, flexible, inspiring, innovative visionary using personal power to achieve things.

    And so on.

    John Naylor
    Liverpool Business School



  • 3.  (management (leadership))

    Posted 11-11-1999 13:43
    Rather than talking about the difference between Managers and Leaders, I like
    to make the distinction between managing and leading. The same person often
    does both. The basic difference in my view is that managing is about making
    sure things work well today, while leading is about creating a better
    tomorrow.

    Rick Lynch
    Seattle


  • 4.  (management (leadership))

    Posted 11-11-1999 14:24
    Richard Lynch wrote:

    > Rather than talking about the difference between Managers and Leaders, I like
    > to make the distinction between managing and leading. The same person often
    > does both. The basic difference in my view is that managing is about making
    > sure things work well today, while leading is about creating a better
    > tomorrow.
    >
    > Rick Lynch
    > Seattle

    AMEN