Leaders are Managers
Much great stuff had been written and said about leadership. Many say you are born with it. Others argue you earn it. Great philosophers say leadership is subservience, while many conquerors said it is destiny. In organizations leaders take the position of managers. They set directions and make decisions.At the core of things, effective leaders are managers. The plain leaders lived to greatness but died alone, abandoned by his people and neglected by fate. Shallow leaders rule by the day while managers created a consensus. Effective leaders managed resources and time and thus lived to lead longer. Shallow leaders see only their omnipotence. Managers see an orchestra, combining hundreds of different sounds to make a harmony of music.
There are three ways to get into a leadership position, by heredity, by violent over or simply by being thrown into a position of power. No matter the manner, every great leader has been defined not by how they took the throne but by how they used it. The infamous leaders squandered their people and they were mocked by history. Great leaders took their fate and made their destiny.
Leaders do not command “go.” They instead say “follow me.” In organizations, many managers often bark orders not regarding the consequences. The ineffective leader sees the giving of the order as the end in itself. They fail to see the picture, gather relevant information and weigh the outcome. Many leaders are feared, but the best managers are respected. People follow them because they know they will be brought to the good side of things. People follow not because they have to, but because they believe.
Leaders do not say I. They say we. They think of the organization first before their self. They think of success before recognition. They think of the group before personal accolade. In every decision they make, whether to send an army into battle or simply reassigning employees in the office, effective leaders think of the welfare of the group, the organization. For the group is bigger than anyone, even the leader.
Finally, leaders have a vision, and they have the ability to convey it. Effective leaders communicate effectively by speaking, by living an example and by action. No leader has succeeded without his people and the people will not follow a leader without a vision and without a plan.
In the end, leadership and management are full of long gray lines. It is a delicate balance of power and compassion. Hold your people too tight and you choke them to death. Hold them lightly and they will fall through your fingers. It is that gray line that defines leaders. Bad ones do not see it. The great ones stay on it longer.
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