Leadership vs Management | Does A Leader Need To Be A Good Manager?
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Leadership vs Management | Does A Leader Need To Be A Good Manager?
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ~ Peter Dracker
I have been reading and learning lately about leadership. There are many books and programs on this topic. Just recently, I attended a lecture named “Leadership vs Management,” and I was asked to consider the following: “What is the difference between a manager and a leader? The truth of the matter is that these two roles overlap while, at the same time, they require different sets of skills.
- Managerial roles – planning, avoiding conflict, avoiding risks, enforcing rules, using rules, managing money, being reactive, taking control, asking “when”, blaming, avoiding conflict, maintaining, being right, having short-term visions, being task oriented, instructing, organizing, delegating, planning.
- Leadership roles – breaking rules, getting results, changing, facilitating, delegating, having long-term visions, being proactive, using conflict, influencing, shaping culture, asking why, being a risk taker.
Leadership is about conflict resolution. Leaders know how to handle conflicts so that they are used as opportunities for team growth. Conflict is not considered negative because changes always come from mistakes and conflicts. A great leader needs to have the ability to recognize when conflict can be used to facilitate and improve.
Leadership vs Management: Match the skills needed for a manager and a leader.
Leaders do not mind to disrupt or break the rules. The history of the world was created by rule breakers. They were and are propellers of progress.
When you are a leader you want results. The goal of every leader is to get important things done, which is actually the same goal that every manager has in mind, too, except in regards to a tasks and short-term goals. If the result is not achieved, some leaders may get despondent and depressed. This is the point at which they are no longer leaders. They became managers.
Leaders have a long-term vision. Managers have a short-term task and focus only on results. Managers get depressed when a task isn’t completed, but leaders do not focus on the results of minute tasks that are only a marginal part of their long-term vision.
- The 20th century was the peak of industrial age. This era was result-oriented because there were few leaders and lots of managers. Tangible results and materialistic outcomes were crucial.
- With the beginning of the 21st century, we began changing the culture. This era in which we live is called the knowledge and consciousness development age. The number of leaders is growing rapidly while the number of managers is decreasing just as fast.
Managing can only go so far. You can lead large groups, but you cannot manage them. At some point, you lose control. Large groups are broken up into smaller ones each with a manager, and there are managers up the hierarchical ladder that manage the managers of each small group.
Leaders are on their own entirely. They set the vision and instill desire in others to follow. Leaders are interested in you taking ownership of your actions and results. The leader represents the inspiration and vision of any business and organization.
The guru of modern leadership, John Maxwell, has a simple baseline: “Leadership is influence. If you can influence change, you are a leader.”
Leaders have the gift to find the opportunities to make changes – even on a small scale. Sometimes they use the domino effect. They start small with baby steps and end up making a huge impact.
I have been an officer at my local Toastmasters club for 2 years now. The leadership of a nonprofit organization does not have the ability to use control and management. This is a volunteer organization. The only way to make the club continue growing is through example. This is the highest level of leadership. Set an example and inspire others to follow and become leaders themselves.
In this video I am giving an example from my local Toastmasters club how our president made a choice from a leadership point of view instead from management point of view. So you can clearly see the difference: “Leadership vs Management“
David Wood about the power of chunking for getting clear on your vision (Private Leaders training Video)
After watching the video you definitely will get clear on the concept: “Leadership vs Management“.
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