LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES: Proper People Placement Samuel R. Chand

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LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES Proper People
PlacementSamuel R. Chand
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Proper people placement is to
a leaders effectiveness.
It is always important to place the right person
in the right position. However positional
mismatch is a common phenomenon.
The primary leader can only go as high as the
supporting leader around her or him.
CRITICAL
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FOUR VISION LEVELS OF PEOPLE
1. Some people never it they are
wanderers.
SEE
2. Some people it but never
it on their own they are followers.
SEE
PURSUE
SEE
PURSUE
3. Some people it and
it they are achievers.
4. Some people it, it
and help see it they are leaders.
SEE
PURSUE
OTHERS
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Most people in ministry leadership fall under two
major categories
2. Managers
1.Leaders
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HOW LEADERS AND MANAGERS DIFFER

• Conceptualize outcomes by working from
  the back to the

• Conceptualize plans by working from the
  to the

• LEADERS

• MANAGERS

PAST
FUTURE
PRESENT
PRESENT
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• LEADERS

• MANAGERS

• Focus on the -term
• Embrace a perspective
• Favor thinking
• Balance and realism

• Focus on the -term
• Embrace a perspective
• Favor thinking
• Emphasize pragmatism over

LONG
SHORT
MACRO
MICRO
INNOVATIVE
ROUTINE
IDEALISM
IDEALISM
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LEADERS
MANAGERS

• flair
• Emphasis on the and
• the vision
• and motivating

• of the status quo
• Emphasis on and .
• the vision
• and directing

REVOLUTIONARY
PROTECTOR
WHAT
HOW
WHY
WHEN
CLARIFIES
IMPLEMENTS
INSPIRING
CONTROLING
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LEADERS
MANAGERS

• EXCITED by change
• Moves
• Identifies
• Takes
• Pursues acquisition of RESOURCES

• THREATENED by change
• Moves
• Identifies
• AVOIDS risks
• Actions limited by AVAILABLE resources

QUICKLY
SLOWLY
OPPROTUNITIES
OBSTACLES
RISKS
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LEADERS
MANAGERS

• PERSON centered
• IDEA centered
• Stay centered on issues
• Peoples approval is a
• Do the thing

• SYSTEM centered
• PLAN centered
• Get distracted by peripheral ISSUES
• Peoples approval is a NEED
• Do things

CORE
WANT
RIGHT
RIGHT
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OBSERVATIONS

• We need and
  . One completes the other.

LEADERS
MANAGERS
2. While both are needed, both need to be
in the area of their strength
PLACED
3. This is applicable to those being considered
as well as for people already in leadership
positions.
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OBSERVATIONS(CONT)
4. Successful managers are not necessarily
successful leaders.
5. Successful leaders are not necessarily
successful managers.
6. Successes of managers and leaders must be
evaluated on different scales.
7. Managers are deemed successful when they
operate the
efficiently, delivering services on
and within
ORGANIZATION
TIME
BUDGET
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OBSERVATIONS(CONT)
8. Leaders are deemed successful when they enable
their organizations to grow in their
to serve the community whether by discovering
community needs to satisfy, expanding the
RESOURCE base, entrepreneuring
approaches to service delivery, or energizing or
TRANSFORMING the organization itself.
ABILITY
NEW
NEW
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PEOPLE
PLACE
The right in the right
create a winning .
TEAM
Dr. Samuel R. Chand, 950 Eagles Landing Parkway,
Suite 295, Stockbridge, GA 30281
770-898-6464www.samchand.com