[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 6010, Answer to Question #1

[Saretta Jackson]

A manager manages and a leader leads.  Sound very simple, however, as it
pertains to the role of a principal the two are not mutually exclusive.  A
principal needs to be “well versed” in the role of both manager and leader.
The managerial side encompasses the “management” of the school, i.e., the
day to day work of running the building in an efficient manner.  One
particular source states that managers have subordinates.  These
subordinates work for the manager and do as they are told.

Leadership involves having your staff work to their greatest capacity for
the overall common goal of the building.  Leaders do not have subordinates.
The article, “2018 Exec Comp Forum – Learn From the Leaders”, states that
when leaders want to lead, they have to give up formal authoritarian
control.  Leaders have followers and following is a voluntary activity.  An
effective leader will have the ability to have their followers accomplish
something that they might never have tried to accomplish before.  An
effective principal needs to find a good balance of both managerial and
leadership skills in order to maintain a successful school.  Being able to
manage the building and staff effectively, while also being able to lead,
and hopefully inspire, the staff, is the overall aspiration of an effective
principal.

An effective manager might appeal positively to the stakeholders by being
able to maintain the overall aspects of the school.  This would lead the
staff of the school the flexibility to manage their own tasks.  For
example, if a principal is an effective manager, then that would lead a
teacher the flexibility to focus on their own classroom.  If the manager is
effective in their ability to manage, then the subordinates, or the staff
of the school, find that everything is running smoothly.

An effective manager, who does not incorporate leadership, may affect the
stakeholders in a negative way by not being able to affect a new change or
a new direction.  For example, a principal may have the ability to manage
the building quite well.  But, without the skill to lead or inspire the
faculty and staff, it may lead to building discourse, which could lead to
conflict within the building.
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