The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12
DRIVER CAN
ONLY CONTROL
Real Call of Modern Business
Is For Leaders, Says
Harry Upper
BY HARRY TlPPEE.

Leadership Is The true progressive
word expressing development in
every condition Of use By which IT'S
meaning has been ampIifed The
driver may control, DC cannot lead;
and no matter il In some depart
ment OF material things his driving
Is apparently successful, the value
of driving is strictly limited
Our vision OF matters Is common
ly SO limited and our analysis OF
matters so superficial that we are
| frequently blinded 10 the weakness
and failure of an operation by its
temporary and external appearance
~ success, The value of leadership
10 be considered IN it's true proper
tiOns must he looked at, not from
the temporary examination Of a six
onths sales sheet, nor even from
The melon cutting OF an extra
dividend. II must be considered in
connection with its permanent eff
fects upon the organization. not only
as 10 what they do deliver, but as
10 what they could deliver and do
not
More and more az the industrial
operations become sub-divided. and
as their detail becomes more monot-
onous, II Is necessary that the in
spirations should be furnished from
the humanizing effect Of the leader
| ship which develops while il In
structs: which encourages initiative
while discouraging speculation;
which provides an outlet for the eX'
preston of individuality. AT the same
time giving that individuality its
proper place in the concerted action
No such conditions can emanate
| from the system which is designated
as driving" because Of the fact
| that nothing is valuable until human
! labor has been expended upon II
and because of the feet that the hui
| man being is endowed not only with
! operating capacity but with imagina-
! ton. with feeling and with ideals.
Ideas which are valuable to indus
| try improvements which are neces-
| sary 10 il, changes which must be
made in II. are not exclusively orig
| mated or developed by the execu'
| tive. rather the man of administra'
tive ability Is the man who is cap
able OF seizing upon and establish
| ing in their proper places these I'M
provements which are originated by
others. The driving method of man
agement loses not only the Ideas
which develop from underneath in
this system. which is a system oil
repression. but also takes away the
incentive and reduces the capacity
for such ideas and improvements.
There can be no question as ia
driving VS.. leading. The only Ques
ton there can be is as 20 the wis
dom OF the men whose duty il Is &c
lead and as to the possibility oil
those men in their capacity with
their responsibility as administra
tive officers OF business, so thor
oughly grasping the necessities oil
the individual in connection with the
cooperative limitations OF the or
ganization, that they will be able &c
actually lead their men, TO the END
that the inevitable comparisons
which are always being made be
tween the expressed policy and the
personal action Of the administrator
between his theories and his prac
tice. will only amplfy in the minds
of his employees the wisdom OF his
plans. the character of his opera
ton. and above all his sympathy and
understanding of their difliculties,
their responsibilities and their value
20 the organization.