- A manager takes care of where you are; a leader takes you to a new place.
- A manager deals with complexity; a leader deals with uncertainty.
- A manager is concerned with finding the facts; a leader makes decisions.
- A manager is concerned with doing things right; a leader is concerned with doing the right things.
- A manager’s critical concern is efficiency; a leader is focussed on effectiveness.
- A manager creates policies; a leader establishes principles.
- A manager sees and hears what is going on; a leader hears when there is no sound and sees when there is no light.
- A manager finds answers and solutions; a leader formulates the questions and identifies the problems.
- A manager looks for similarities between present and previous problems; a leader looks for differences.
- A manager thinks that a successful solution to a management problem can be used again; a leader wonders that if the problem set in a new environment many not require a different solution.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Management vs. Leadership
An interesting list.
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Interesting, Danimal, but not true.
Your list is consultant-speak that only serves to trivialize managers and aggrandize leaders, besides sell books.
Managers of people are leaders no matter if they lead in the best direction or the worst or somewhere in between because people are conformists who conform to the leadership of their bosses. The existence of conformists, about 95% of the workforce, makes leadership the only effective way to manage people.
If you are interested in learning more about managing and leading people, I invite you to read these Leadership Articles starting with the article "Leadership, Good or Bad".
Best regards, Ben
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