Management vs. Leadership

3 Apr 2018 · 1 min

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A short spoken piece contrasting management and leadership: management is framed as manipulating others for personal gain and undesirable, while leadership is presented as the responsibility to help others rise, a distinct and harder skill that requires sustained work and study. The speaker emphasizes service, self-use to uplift others, and that great leaders actively work at the craft.

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So what's the difference between management and leadership? Management is the manipulation of others for personal gain. Think about the people who we felt managed by. Nobody wants to wake up in the morning to be managed. We want to wake up in the morning to be led. Leadership is the responsibility, the awesome responsibility to see those around us rise. It's a different skill set entirely. We're not being driven by how to use others so that we can get stuff. We try to see ourselves how we can use ourselves to help others rise. That's what leadership is. It's much harder than management, and it takes a lot more work and a lot more studying, which is why leadership really is a hard skill. And great leaders really, really, really work at it.