What the Managers do and What the Leaders of the business do?

What the Managers do and What the Leaders of the business do?

 Figure1: Manager Vs. Leader

Being a Good Manager is quite an accomplishment. Management is by no means an easy task, and mastering the wide range if varied skills that are requited can take many years. The great managers get their jobs done efficiently and effectively. Most of the time managers are not good leaders.

Leadership is a process of visioning in to the future and exercising influence in transforming the behavior of the followers towards the vision, through goal setting, guiding and motivating the followers. Mostly leaders are brilliantly proven managers.

Management is about deal with complication. Leadership, by difference, is about deal with revolution. (Kotter, 2001)              

Leadership needs the formation of newer methods and the vision to see something new, something further than the status. Being a leader means taking risks. Most managers instead focus on retaining the status rather taking risks. (Benson, 2003)

The difference between characteristics of Manager and Leader as follows;

Manager	Leader
Management is about coping with complexity	Leadership, by contrast, is about coping with change.
Pushes employees towards goals	Pulls towards goals
Punishes the employee for mistakes	Encourage the employees to learn from mistakes
Less flexible, adheres to procedures	Flexible policies and procedures are disregarded base on the situation
Stingy	Generous
Prefers longs hours in the office	Doesn’t prefer long hours in the office
Hatred by employees	Respected by employees
Avoid risks	Wildings to take risk
Only the favourite coalesce	All the members coalesce around the leader
No followers, after leaving people speak ill of him/her	There are followers. Even after leaving, people speak of him with great respect
Responsibility is not sufficiently delegated	Responsibility is delegated
High concerns for cost	Low concerns for cost
Problems are solved leaving the members in conflict	Problems are solved very creatively without leaving any conflicts among members
Do not consider a job as a challenge. It is nature	Considers the job as a challenge
Orderly, stagnant work environment	Vibrant, enjoyable work environment

References;

Kotter, J (2001) What Leaders Really Do in Best of HBR. Ed r0111f. UK

Benson, S (2003) www.thefabricator.com. FMA Communications. Elgin, IL

Corporatemonks (visited 04-2018) http://corporatemonks.com/leader-vs-manager/