Posted on Jan 15, 2019
How realistic is it to be an effective leader and an effective manager? Can you do both or does one take away from the other?
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It takes work, but in order to be truly effective, you have to be proficient at both. Always remember that you lead people and manage programs. Learn to differentiate which hat you need to wear for each given circumstance, once you do that, you are on the right path.
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SSgt Gary Andrews
Spot on.......there are times you need to be more of a leader, and other times when you need to be more of a manager. The trick is to know which mode you need to be in at any given time or circumstance. You nailed this one, TSgt.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first - effective management is discipline, carrying it out. -- Steve Covey... As a SSG, you're in a stage in your career where the science (book learning) and the art (actually doing) are 50-50ish. As you gain experience, you will find the books always have an answer, but the combination of effective leadership and management is a great art that is not necessarily in a book. You only need to look at the good leaders around you to know how realistic your question is -- good luck.
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What I've learned is delegation helps the management side while I lead full time. I can lay the blue print out and the foundation but I must delegate to ensure this gets done. Its a very difficult task to do both effectively. Yes it can be done to lead and manage but to do both effective can be overwhelming .
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CSM Chuck Stafford
SSG (Join to see) - Delegation is a great tool in a leader's kit bag. It allows leaders to focus on areas where his/her presence is needed more while allowing the other areas to be handled on their own; there is truth in the adage, 10% of the people take 90% of the time. As you evolve as a leader, you'll more instinctively know who can handle more delegation and have a better laser focus on where you need to be to lead from the front. Read "BLINK" by Malcolm Gladwell -- he explains this phenomena better than I...
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If you cannot manage you cannot effectively lead.
Of course this interpretation depends entirely on your definition of management. If your definition of management is the 1980's definition for management which is known today as toxic leadership, then they certainly detract one from another. If by management you mean managing the day to day affairs of your organization, then you can't actually lead (improve and develop AKA transformational leadership) without effectively managing your operations.
Of course this interpretation depends entirely on your definition of management. If your definition of management is the 1980's definition for management which is known today as toxic leadership, then they certainly detract one from another. If by management you mean managing the day to day affairs of your organization, then you can't actually lead (improve and develop AKA transformational leadership) without effectively managing your operations.
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I think ( and I could be wrong) that management gets overlooked a lot. Some people may think management gets taken care of naturally via good leadership. Apples and oranges . Are you a proponent of delegating?
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MAJ (Join to see)
Maxwell's law of explosive growth is a good chapter in his leadership book. If someone else can do a task 80% as effective as you delegate it. If you don't you are not developing your personnel and team.
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