Superintendent Broadax's Leadership Nugget he presents at school board meetings

1. Management
vs
Leadership
McIntosh School District 15 – 1, South Dakota
July 12, 2017 School Board Meeting – MSD
Leadership Nugget
Rodriguez F. Broadnax, Ed.S. Presenter

2. Management
 Management is defined as a set of processes
that can keep a complicated system of
people and technology running smoothly.
 The most important aspects of Management
are:
 Planning
 Budgeting
 Organizing
 Staffing
 Controlling and
 Problem Solving

3. Leadership
Leadership is defined as a set
of processes that creates
organizations or adapts them
to significantly changing
circumstances.
Leadership defines what the
future of the organization
should look like, aligns
people with that vision and
inspires them to make it
happen despite the obstacles
and circumstances.
Leadership consists of the
following:
Vision
Mission Strategic Planning Goals Objectives and
Accountability

4. Management vs Leadership
Management
 Planning and Budgeting: Establishes
detailed steps and timetables for
achieving needed results, then
allocating the resources necessary to
make it happen
 Organizing and Staffing:
Establishing a structure for
accomplishing plan requirements,
staffing deals with delegating
responsibility and authority for
carrying out the plan, providing
policies and procedures to help guide
people and creating systems to
monitor the implementation
Leadership
 Establishing Direction: developing
a vision for McIntosh School District
and the strategies needed for
producing the changes needed to
achieve that vision
 Aligning People: Communicating
Direction in words and deeds to all
those who cooperation may be
needed so to influence the
creation of teams and coalitions
that understand the vision and
strategies that accept their validity

5. Management vs Leadership
Continued
Management
 Controlling and problem solving:
Monitoring results, identifying
deviations from the plan, then
planning and organizing to solve
problems
Leadership
 Motivating and Inspiring:
Energizing people to overcome
major political and resource
barriers to change by satisfying
basic, but often unfulfilled, human
needs.

6. Questions to Ponder on as it
relates to McIntosh School
District 15 -1
 Am I an effective and efficient
manager and steward of McIntosh
School District’s budget and fiscal
resources? How will I become more
EFFECTIVE?
 What type of leadership style do I
exemplify as a School Board Member?
 How can I inspire and motivate staff
and community members to become
active partners of McIntosh School
District?
 How do I assist in transforming my
organization through effective
direction and communication?
 What style of communication do I
currently exhibit as a school board
member or as part of the
administration?
Management
VS
Leadership