knowing when to lead and when to manage paul henderson dominic perri

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KNOWING WHEN TO LEAD AND WHEN TO MANAGE

Paul HendersonDominic Perri

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Outcomes

• Provide a Conceptual framework for the difference between leading and managing

• Offer the opportunity for you to apply these concepts to your ministry

• Identify 1-2 things to act upon immediately

Leadership vs. Management• Leaders help their organizations

identify vision, mission, values… the future! They focus on big picture and top priorities

• Managers implement the vision and plan. They follow direction, and focus on operational level.

Leadership vs. Management

What & Why Leaders

How & When Managers

Leadership vs. Management

Both leadership and management are essential elements of organizational

achievements.

Do We Have to Choose?

• The reality is that many pastoral leaders have to be BOTH Leaders and Managers.

• So the key question is knowing when to wear the Leader hat and when to put on the Manager hat.

• Problems for which we can find the solutions.

• Requires expertise with necessary know-how and procedures.

• Operational-Level problems that focus on creating systems, processes, etc.

Managers Solve Technical Problems

• Problems not amenable to authoritative expertise/standard operating procedures.

• Cannot be solved by someone who provides answers from on high.

• Require experiments, new discoveries, and adjustments from numerous places in the organization or community.

Leaders solve Adaptive Problems

Leadership vs. Management

Leaders Shape and share a vision for the future

Managers Manage Daily Tasks

Leadership vs. Management

Leaders Change & Movement[Mission-focused]

Managers Effectiveness & Efficiency

Leadership vs. Management

LeadersSee themselves as promoters of change, as challengers of the status quo in that they encourage creativity and risk taking

Managers See themselves as preservers of the status quo

Leadership vs. Management

Leaders Are concerned with doing the right things

Managers Are concerned with doing things right

Leadership vs. Management

Leaders Are more concerned with ends, what gets done

Managers Are more concerned with means, how to get things done

• Plan and budget• Organize and staff• Status quo• Short-term• Controlling • Means • Builders

• Envision and direct• Align employees• Change• Long-term• Inspiring/motivating• Ends • Architects

Managers Leaders

Leadership vs. Management

• Often promoted because they are good at operational tasks

• Have to shift their thinking to Leader-focused activities – vision, mission, values

• Many new leaders don’t do this well – they continue doing what they know

When Managers Become Leaders

• Micro-manage• No common vision articulated –

creates silos• Disputes go unresolved• Focus is on tasks instead of progress

When Leaders act like Managers

• Do most of your challenges require leading or managing?

• What area is more challenging for you?• What is one action that you can

commit to when you return to your ministry?

Conversation/Reflection

Lead – Manage MatrixLEAD/LEAD

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Contact Information• Dominic Perri

DJPERRI@gmail.com773-318-7837

• Paul Hendersonpastoralstrategy@gmail.com301-996-1082

Telephone: 202-223-8962 ׀ Email: Info@nlrcm.org