Leaders
or managers? How
do leaders differ from managers?
- Leaders
direct, managers execute.
- Management
is like investment - getting the best return from all resources
- your own energy, talent and time plus all other resources at
your disposal.
- Management
requires efficiency, profitability, depends on minimal inputs
for maximum returns. Like the 80-20 rule.
- To manage
well, regularly review your priorities, just as you would your
investments.
- The same
person can both lead and manage - they are different functions
- like sales and marketing - they serve different organizational
purposes or functions.
- Managers
are like sports coaches - they inspire and develop people to get
the best peformance out of them.
- They also
provide structure and meaure output.
- Leaders
champion change. They may or may not manage people.
- Management
is a role, a set of responsibilities.
- Leadership
is not a role. It is an occasional act, like creativity.
- Managers
can be inspiring, empowering, nurturing, supportive and encouraging.
An inspiring leader moves us to change direction. An inspiring
manager moves us to work harder.
- Managers
use open questions to draw solutions out of others as a way of
reaching better decisions, fostering broader ownership and developing
people.
- By contrast,
leaders propose novel solutions. They want to persuade prospective
followers that they know a better way of doing things.
- Managers
occupy a role of responsibility for people. They may show leadership
too, but leadership can also be shown by non-managers.
- By clearly
separating leadership and management, we are better able to explain
how all employees can show leadership without having to be in
management roles.
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