leaders vs. managers

Leaders VS. Managers Are they really different?

Manager: someone who is responsible for managing someone else in a company or business, someone who controls resources and expenditures

Authoritarian,

transactional

style

Work focus

Seek comfort

Managers have

subordinates!

Leader: the person who makes decisions that other people choose to follow or obey, a person who guides or inspires others

Leaders have

followers!

Charismatic,

transformational

style

People focus

Seek risk

The main difference:Management Leadership

Management is about coping with complexity

Manager «does the thing right»

Leadership, by contrast, is about coping with change

Leader «does the right thing»

"There is a profound difference between management and leadership, and both are important.

To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for, to conduct.

Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course, action, opinion. The distinction is crucial" – Warren Bennis

In summary…

Leader• Change• Leading people• Long-term• Vision• Personal charisma• Passion• Striving• Achievement• Takes risks• Seeks truth• What is right

Manager• Stability• Managing work• Short-term• Objectives• Formal authority• Control• Action• Results• Minimizes risks• Establishes truth• Being right

Reflecting on your behavior over the past month, ask yourself:

Where do you find yourself spending the majority of your time? Managing or leading?