Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Do the right thing!




"Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things."
-   Peter F. Drucker


I AM a fan of Peter Drucker! Vivian Clecak, CEO of Human Options, is a graduate of the Drucker School, and she truly inspires the board and her staff to always do the right things.

I think that’s also what we want to encourage our Gold Award girls to do:  the right thing.  Learn what issue they are most passionate about.  Delve into the topic, use their community mapping skills to research, then reach out into the community for an organization which can benefit from their work.  This is using leadership and independent thinking.

Management comes in as they put the whole project together:  when to meet, who to solicit to help, where to stage the activities, what will be needed and finally, how it’s all going to come together. That’s managing and doing things right using the girl-led, cooperative learning skills that we teach and encourage. 

Leadership is about keeping focused on the goal or the issue!  It’s about gathering a team and leading the charge!  Being passionate about the issue and having that be contagious, catching others to help support the girl and her project.

Both management and leadership require skills!  And as advisors, we need to help the girls develop these skills, and support them as they go out to do their “right things.”


2 comments:

  1. My favorite quote from Peter F. Drucker. These days, it's very important to keep leadership training sessions in our companies. It's very useful and "healthy" for our businesses and team members. I followed a camp like this last year and I absolutely loved it, because I learned such great and interesting things!

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  2. Agreed! Leadership training is an essential part of growing up in Girl Scouts as well as how we adults conduct our business life. Identifying and doing the right thing isn't always easy, and that's a life lesson as well!

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