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Lesson 05
MANAGERS VS LEADERS
Continuing from previous lecture, we will continue focus on the important difference between mangers and Leaders. As said earlier, leaders are manger too but not necessary that all managers may be leaders.
Difference between Leaders and Managers
Arguments about the difference between leadership and management are presented. Leaders are considered to be visionary and future-oriented, whereas managers focus on day-to-day routine activities. The section concludes that effective managers often perform many of the duties and activities ascribed to leaders thereby making the distinction between the two concepts somewhat unnecessary
Leaders Managers Vision oriented: the leaders are vision oriented and think about future.
Process oriented: managers always think about process that how the organization works in efficient manner. Protects staff: leaders always protect their staff and motivate them towards achievement of organizational goals.
Protects self: Managers always protect himself.
Approaches decisions actively: the leaders are decision makers and do not hesitate to take decisions in any respect.
Approaches decisions cautiously: Managers always depends on his superiors and others to take decisions. Staff oriented: leaders are staff oriented. Career oriented: managers always think about his career that how he/she moves up or develop his/her career. Listens actively: leaders always involve his staff in decision making and listen every body and get the suggestions from employees seriously.
Listens selectively: managers always listen and involve selective staff/employees during decision making.
Deals with conflict: leader always deal with conflict as they are critical analyst in the positive way.
Avoids conflict: Managers always avoids being involved in conflicts.
Trusted: leaders always trust on his employees/staff and vice versa.
Unclear regarding trust: he is unclear regarding trust. These obvious differences between leaders and managers also affect the processes in the organizations.
Difference between leadership and management:
Leadership Management Set overall & future direction: they set the overall organization direction and give the vision.
Set day-day direction: Mangers sets day by day direction to organization as per circumstances.
Focuses on results: A leader always focuses on out put.
Focuses on processes: Managers always focuses on processes that how to gets the maximum out put by utilization of minimum resources through reducing in processes of the organization.
Mostly external: leaders mostly keep the close eyes on external environment.
Mostly internal: Managers always keep the close eyes on internal environment.
Concern=effectiveness: his concern on effectiveness
Concern=efficiency: his concern on efficiency
Stakeholder focused: Leaders focused on stake holder’s interest and strive for the satisfactions of stakeholders.
Personnel focused: Here the focus is personal and not on the stakeholders.
Customer needs/capacities: thinks about customers demand
Worker needs/capacities: thinks about organization capacity for customers demand Embodies mission/vision: sets the mission and vision
Embodies goals/objectives: sets the goals and objectives to achieve the mission.
Gets more resources : gets more recourse to accomplish the mission. They always try to look for other opportunities.
Manages resources: a manager always manages the resources.
Secures technologies: they protect the technologies. Always keep their eyes open and try to secure new technologies essential to create competitive advantages.
Applies technologies: managers always apply technologies available to them and will not strive for change.
Seeks to create needed change: they always seek to create the needed change and believe on “Change as the environment change”.
Seek stability/Manage change: management will try to manage the change and prefer to maintain the stability in the organization. Create teams’ esp. top teams: Leadership is always focused on creating a team especially top performing team. Leader role is act as a coach and convert individual working into teams.
Manage teamwork: Management focus is to get things done from people/team and they will try for this.
So, after the detail discussion on difference between leadership and management, we can conclude that in Management we have an authority relationship while leadership is a multidirectional influence relationship.
“Jack Welch (Former CEO of GE) says; “…dangerous to call someone a manager” because..
“A manager…” Controls rather than facilitates, Complicates rather than simplifies, Acts more like a governor than an accelerator
Characteristics:
1. Personal Characteristics:
A managerial culture emphasizes rationality and control, whether his or her energies are directed towards goals, resources, organization structure. The manager ask, ”What problems need to be solved, and what are the best ways to achieve results, so people will continue to contribute to this organization. Management is keeping themselves away from emotions and focus mainly on organization, compliances. They seem to know the procedure and policies required to accomplish the organization routine tasks. From this prospective leadership is more practical and emotionally connected with employees and also with environment. Leadership is more open minded and listen different ideas, ready for change and not only focusing present objectives of the organization but also keep their focus on future too. They are honest with themselves, with followers and with others too. With this honesty and concern with the welfare of others they build trust and that is very essential for leadership process.
Respect for Diversity In this competitive environment of business, organization are dealing with diversify culture. Organizations are trying to capitalize this diversity in the organization. Diversity of workforce has huge benefit and yes some cost too. In order to make a commitment to the attainment of a particular goal by capitalizing diversity in the organization/team, they need to respect the diversity and let all people coming from different background to feel valued, respected, and appreciated.
Free and Open for Creativity A leader must create an environment where every one can share his/her ideas and create the awareness that individuals must feel free to seek new approaches, take independent decision and take risks. This will be only done through a congenial environment in the organization, where every one feels free to share his/her idea and are open for creativity.
Change Agent The leader may act as a change agent, which is an individual who acts as a catalyst and leads the change process. Change is the true reality of the organization. In this competitive business environment, without responding the change no one can survive. “Change as the environment change”. What Followers Want from leader and from their colleagues?
Leaders to be Colleagues to be
Honest Honest Forward-Thinking Cooperative Inspiring Dependable Competent Dependable For proper leadership process, all three components of this process, the leader, followers and the situation are very important.
