There is a lot of confusion and even tension between the disciplines of management and leadership. Both are extremely important but distinctly different. Management is where execution lives and therefore must be incredibly effective for any strategy to be successful. This Forbes post is an informative read:
The idea of management comes from the military because that was the first time in human history a diverse group of people who did not know each other were organized to work together towards a common goal. That structure gave us a few principles:
- Hierarchy
- Command and control
- Incentives for achieving the goals
- Division of responsibility based on function
- Centralized decision making