Difference between leadership and management
Today, in the book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", I learned about the difference between leadership and management.
Leadership is where you look at the basics of something. You look at fundamental problems. However, management is where you look at the details. This is like thinking of ways to be more efficient, do things better, etc. For example, if there was a team of people hacking away at jungles, the leadership would be the people scouting out the jungle in helicopters to see if it was the right jungle, while the management would be the behind - the - scenes people, sharpening machetes, preparing handbooks on how to cut faster, etc.
But a lot of the time we get stuck on the management part of our life and we do not back up and look at where we are headed. This is because there are too many tiny problems that are occupying our lives, blinding us from the big problems that are more long term. We are using quick fix solutions, not looking at our basics. This is like the Personality and Character Ethics all over again.
In conclusion, leadership is definitely more important and comes before management, but you need both to be successful.
Leadership is where you look at the basics of something. You look at fundamental problems. However, management is where you look at the details. This is like thinking of ways to be more efficient, do things better, etc. For example, if there was a team of people hacking away at jungles, the leadership would be the people scouting out the jungle in helicopters to see if it was the right jungle, while the management would be the behind - the - scenes people, sharpening machetes, preparing handbooks on how to cut faster, etc.
But a lot of the time we get stuck on the management part of our life and we do not back up and look at where we are headed. This is because there are too many tiny problems that are occupying our lives, blinding us from the big problems that are more long term. We are using quick fix solutions, not looking at our basics. This is like the Personality and Character Ethics all over again.
In conclusion, leadership is definitely more important and comes before management, but you need both to be successful.
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