Lead Management as opposed to Boss Management is based on the idea that workers are encouraged rather than coerced. Lead-managers continually work on the system to create a non-coercive environment within which workers (in schools, students) can self-evaluate and achieve quality work. The only way any organisation will achieve its goal - quality work - is if the lead-manager can persuade those in the organisation to continually upgrade the system by communicating in ways that build trust.
The continuum of behaviours in managing people frequently proposed has Boss Manager at one end and Lead Manager at the other. This has caused confusion about the role of the Led Manager. In fact a third position suggests the Laissez Faire Manager is on the extreme right of the continuum give a better perspective to Lead Management.
Boss Manager Lead Manager Laissez-Faire Manager
(Do as I say) ( I don’t really mind)
( moving further away) (moving further away)
Recommended Readings
The Control (Choice) Theory Manager, (1994)