"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.”
