Serve as You Lead
Abstract
The distinctions between managers and leaders always will be with us managers do things right, and leaders do the right things. Managers effectively and efficiently apply the functions of management planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling as they use allocated resources to get the job done. Leaders, on the other hand, are the point people in any organization, and they lead by example. For the purposes of this article, servant leaders offer themselves, their program, or their enterprise as they develop and serve their people. Simply put, managers primarily plan, organize, staff, and control; and servant leaders primarily motivate, influence, and inspire. Servant leaders motivate through their direction and support. They influence through their example, and they inspire through their passion. Leaders, like managers, apply resources, but the important distinction up front is that servant leaders have the ability to use the mission, the cause, to build their people. Managers use resources/people to fullfill goals. Servant leaders use their projects/programs or organization to develop and build their people. Traditional leadership models describe leaders as those who set the course, provide the vision, and are the examples for others to follow. Both traditional and servant leadership models can yield success if correctly applied. The author also would contend that one first must understand and perform successfully as a manager before becoming a trusted, servant leader.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA608688
Entities
People
- Art Greenlee
Organizations
- Defense Acquisition University