Leadership vs Management

An ongoing debate in academic circles over the past 50-odd years relates to the correlation between leadership and management. Does a manager have to be a great leader? Does a leader need to have good management skills? What is the difference between leadership and management?

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Leadership Management

Leadership means "the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to
Definition

Management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose of coordinating and harmonizing that group towards accomplishing a goal.

contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members." Are often called brilliant and mercurial, with great charisma. Yet, they are also often seen as

Tend to be rational, under controlproblem solvers. They often focus on goals, structures, personnel, and availability of resources. Managers personalities lean toward persistence, strong will, analysis, and intelligence.

Personality

loners and private people. They Styles are comfortable taking risks, sometimes seemingly wild and crazy risks. Almost all leaders have high levels of imagination
Focus

Leading people Achievements Simply look at problems and devise new, creative solutions.

Managing work Results Create strategies, policies, and methods to create teams and ideas that combine to operate smoothly. They empower people by soliciting their views, values, and principles. They believe that this combination reduces inherent risk and generates success

Outcomes

Approach to tasks

Using their charisma and commitment, they excite, motivate, and focus others to solve problems and excel.

Leadership
Approach to risk Role in decisionmaking

Management

Risk-taking

Risk-averse

Facilitative

Involved

Styles

Transformational, Consultative & Participative Charisma & Influence

Dictatorial, Authoritative,Transactional, Autocratic, Consultative and Democratic Formal authority & Position

Power through Organization Appeal to

Leaders have followers Heart

Manager have subordinates Head