Leadership vs. Management

Watch: Leadership vs. Management: Which is most critical?

PADM and 510. This is Fundamentals of Public Safety Leadership Module 1, leadership versus management and leadership. There are many definitions because out of leadership has been defined for more than a 100 years now, early definitions were similar to the following. The ability to impress the will of the leader on those lid and to induce obedience, respect, loyalty, and cooperation. Recent leadership focuses upon a number of different traits and qualities, such as authentic, ethical, spiritual, discursive, humble, inclusive, and many, many more. Leadership and management are quite similar, yet they are also quite different. Leadership and management are both concerned with goal accomplishment, but there are still many differences. Management emerged around the 20th century with the industrialization of society. The primary focus of management centers around the concepts of planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling. And as a manager in the field of public safety, these are concepts that you will deal with on a regular basis. When considering the concepts of leadership and management, it's important to remember a few different things. The leader generally innovates, wealth manager generally administrate. The leader focuses on people, while the manager focuses upon the systems and structures of the organization. Leaders are generally less focused on how to organize people to get the work done, but more focused on finding ways to influence them to get the work done. And finally, managers are focused on tasks and activities that move an organization towards a particular goal or objective. When thinking about leadership and management in the field of public safety, remember that both are necessary. The use of either is dependent upon the particular situation. Now when the easel leadership and when to use management, know and understand that difference and determine which is most critical for you and your organization at that particular moment in time. In closing, I would like to leave you with this verse from Galatians 69. Let us not become weary and doing good for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. And by the great Dr. John Maxwell, a great leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not from physician.