LEADERS Vs.

MANAGERS Group#3
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LEADER VS. MANAGER

Definitions Managers- adopt the truth from others and implement it without probing for the facts that reveal reality. Leaders- investigate reality, taking in the pertinent factors and analyzing them carefully. On this basis they produce visions, concepts, plans, and programs.

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MANAGING AND LEADING Managing is about efficiency. Leading is about effectiveness. Managing is about how. Leading is about what and why. Management is about systems, controls, procedures, policies, and structure. Leadership is about trust about people.

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LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Leadership is about innovating and initiating. Management is about copying, about managing the status quo. Leadership is creative, adaptive, and agile. Leadership looks at the horizon, not just the bottom line.
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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 direction, course, action, opinion." The distinction is crucial.
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LEADERS Vs. MANAGERS

The points below indicates key words that further make the distinction between the two functions:

      

The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager is a copy; the leader is an original. The manager maintains; the leader develops. The manager accepts reality; the leader investigates it. The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people. The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader has his or her eye on the horizon. The manager imitates; the leader originates. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person. The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

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COMPONENTS OF LEADERSHIP Three key components differentiate a leader from a manager:

Motivation Vision Action

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MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Management is... Leadership is.... Coping with complexity Coping with and promoting change  Planning and Budgeting Setting a Direction  Organizing and Staffing Aligning People  Controlling and Problem Solving Motivating and Inspiring People  Effective Action Meaningful Action y Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile business environment.

 

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EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT When Noah heard the weather forecast he ordered the building of an ark - that was Leadership Then he looked around and said, Make sure the elephants dont see what the rabbits are up to - that was Management
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CONCLUDING NOTE

Strong leadership with

weak management is no better, and is sometimes actually worse, than the reverse.
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