Thank you for raising the interesting question at the end of your post:<\/p>\n
Do you think it\u2019s rare for someone in an assigned leadership role to take both a management and leadership approach? Which approach do you think more assigned leaders tend to practice?<\/em><\/p>\n In small organizations where people where many hats I do think its entirely possible for someone in an assigned leadership role to take on a management role as well, simply out of necessity. In fact, I worked under an assigned leader who held both roles. Unfortunately the management role captured most of his attention. He spent a lot of his time managing people and running around putting out ‘fires’ so to speak. Out of necessity, he delegated some of his leadership responsibilities to others on staff. There were many individuals who were new to the field and itching for leadership roles, and they jumped at the opportunities. However, their inexperience and developing professional skills resulted in more problems for our leader to deal with. It was my first object lesson in the difference between leadership and management. Although he was a wonderful man to work with, his approach to leadership inadvertently made a challenging job all the more difficult for himself and the rest of the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thank you for raising the interesting question at the end of your post: Do you think it\u2019s rare for someone in an assigned leadership role to take both a management and leadership approach? Which approach do you think more assigned leaders tend to practice? In small organizations where people where many hats I do think … <\/p>\n