"Yet, the quote makes sense today. Management is seen as something inferior to leadership. Supervisors want to be recognized as a "leader," not a mere manager. Peter Drucker had a distrust of those with the label of "leader" (think "Fuhrer"; he fled Nazi Germany in 1933). Drucker believed that "manager" was a noble profession - consistent with why his definition of "manager" was so positive."
"Two things are clear: (1) we have what Jim Meindl and his colleagues (1985) call a "Romance of Leadership" - we put leaders on a pedestal, view them positively, and pay them huge salaries; (2) far too many supervisors are terrible; they are overly controlling, punitive, and simply not good at leading - and they are labeled as our "managers." As the opening quote suggests, managers keep tabs on things and enforce rules; leaders are focused on the higher purpose."
Management increasingly is seen as inferior to leadership, prompting many supervisors to prefer the 'leader' label over 'manager'. Peter Drucker distrusted the 'leader' label and regarded management as a noble profession. Personal identification shifted from 'management consultant' and helping managers improve workplaces toward 'leadership development' and academic work. Two factors drive the shift: a 'Romance of Leadership' that idealizes and highly rewards leaders, and widespread poor supervisory behavior where many managers are controlling, punitive, and ineffective. Managers tend to focus on monitoring and rule enforcement, while leaders emphasize higher purpose; these dynamics push supervisors to seek leader status.
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