Leadership vs. Management
By Jim Estill
Leadership is about doing the right things, Management is about doing things right. Both are important but without the leadership part, management has little value.
Leadership is about having the map and going the right direction (goals). Management is about going there efficiently. I think about it as looking first at the compass then the clock.
Leadership is about effectiveness. Management is about efficiency.
Leadership comes before Management.
In the 1990s I published an audio tape series on Time Management (a later version became a Time Management CD). Since then, I have come to realize that being efficient has its limits and that working on the right things yields more results than straight efficiency.
A part of this study lead me to my focus on goal setting. I have written often about my favorite goal setting exercise. Having clear goals is the leadership part. Turning those goals into a vision is a key part of leadership.
I titled my book “Time Leadership” because of my views that leadership must come before management (even though management is very important).
The full title is “Time Leadership – Use the Secrets of Leadership for Time Management“.
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