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It is often that we hear management and leadership as a synonymous term. They are not, yet they are related in the sense of accomplishing a common goal with people. Leadership is defined (according Webster) as guiding; directing head; position or function or an act or instance of leading; guidance or direction. Management conveys the idea that something is done or completed.
A leader may be a good manager but a manager is not always a good leader. Have you ever heard something like "yup, Hank is a heck of a superintendent. He sure doesn't miss much and always comes through for us. Funny thing though, we have a hard time keeping people here for more than a year at a time. Must be that these youngsters just don't have the work ethics or stick-to-itiveness that we used to have back in the good 'ole days." It is easy to blame our short-comings upon others and say "because I'm the boss is why". At times a lack of respect for authority can play in, but many times a boss looks at tasks and fails to take a serious look at the leadership side and how or if THEY are operating as a leader. (Bennis, 2001.)
I have thought about leadership attributes and the complexity of leadership much over the years and have read and attended various classes as many of you have. I have often wondered how some can so easily place leadership in a definitive box and explain it in a short class; do this and you are a leader and you can pick up your certificate on the way out the door. We can learn much from observing others, being instructed over time while on-the-job by a person with good leadership qualities, read books and attend classes and......
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