By RON KANTERMAN
We've all had bosses who appear to be good leaders but who are terrible managers, and vice versa. Both disciplines take hard work. Management entails lots of planning, organizing, staffing, delegating, budgeting, and other responsibilities. Can you be a good leader and a good manager at the same time, good at one and not the other, or lousy at both? Yes to all three! A chief of a small combination fire department who was a great manager and administrator could justify an ice delivery to the firehouse on a 5°F day in February and get the funding from city hall, but he couldn't lead the members to the breakfast table-he had no people skills and tended to mess with the troops regularly. When I asked him why he did that, he answered, "Because I can."
领导isn't necessarily what's on your collar. Respect for rank comes with that rank, but respect for you as a person comes with having the right qualities. Think about the best leaders, officers, and firefighters you have worked with. What made them what they were? I'll guess they were trustworthy, dedicated, and well-read people with great integrity who had respect for others at the highest levels.
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