What I'd like to understand is why is management professional training so oriented towards 'leadership' if you believe that facilitators and administrators are required.
Working for a large multinational tech firm, I recently saw them launch online training across all the various disciplines. Much of the management material is about leadership, whereas non-managers are considered 'individual contributors'. Doesn't this seem to run entirely counter to the philosophy espoused here?
Yes it does. That philosophy is hard on managers' egos (who wants to be an administrator rather than a leader?) and the selection for management positions in large multinational companies is often biased towards those with strong egos.
Leadership is not necessary exclusive of administration and facilitation. Contrary to the intuitive belief, it is not synonymous with 'command and control' and therein lies the issue Joel was trying to expose. Also, being an administrator does not mean you are a secretary.
You can be a leader, a facilitator and an administrator at the same time.
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What I'd like to understand is why is management professional training so oriented towards 'leadership' if you believe that facilitators and administrators are required.
Working for a large multinational tech firm, I recently saw them launch online training across all the various disciplines. Much of the management material is about leadership, whereas non-managers are considered 'individual contributors'. Doesn't this seem to run entirely counter to the philosophy espoused here?
Yes it does. That philosophy is hard on managers' egos (who wants to be an administrator rather than a leader?) and the selection for management positions in large multinational companies is often biased towards those with strong egos.
And it is the management paying for the training.
Leadership is not necessary exclusive of administration and facilitation. Contrary to the intuitive belief, it is not synonymous with 'command and control' and therein lies the issue Joel was trying to expose. Also, being an administrator does not mean you are a secretary.
You can be a leader, a facilitator and an administrator at the same time.