"Leaders should have formal authority and overarching roles."
When I got hired to teach, my principal told me that she was not at our school to be any one's friend. She was there to do what was best for students. While I do not believe that a leader responsible for a large body of people should be every one's friend, in fact I believe this would be detrimental to their role as leader, I believe that a leader should be empathetic to the needs the people under him or her. A leader should not use their role as a leader to alienate themselves from the people working with them.
"Leaders have superior expertise and information."
A leader should bring superior expertise and information to their role. As a teacher I need to know more than my students in order to successfully teach them what they need to know. On the flip side, a leader needs to be willing to learn from those they are working with. My students teach me something new every day. My principal has a ton more experience in the area of discipline than I do, but my principal has never taught reading, writing or even the same grade level that I do. I can bring experience to the table that could help guide her decision-making.
“Leaders manage a rational system of management that takes into account structures, routine, outcomes, personnel and action.”
I agree with this statement. A good leader does take into account all the factors for creating a successful environment. A school or business is not made successful by only one person. A good leader leads his or her team successfully by being aware of the details that create the individual’s work day (it doesn’t hurt to be aware of home situations also).
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