Let’s take a look at the differences in leadership and management. leadership is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals. According to late business professor Warren Bennis, the primary difference between leaders and managers is that leaders are concerned with doing the right thing, while managers are concerned with doing things right. In other words, leaders begin with the question “What should we be doing?” while managers start with “How can we do what we’re already doing better?”
Leaders focus on vision, mission, goals, and objectives, while managers focus on productivity and efficiency. Managers see themselves as preservers of the status quo, while leaders see themselves as promoters of change and challengers of the status quo in that they encourage creativity and risk taking.
Another difference is that managers have a relatively short-term perspective, while leaders take a long-term view. Managers are concerned with control and limiting the choices of others, while leaders are more concerned with expanding people’s choices and options.
Managers also solve problems so that others can do their work, while leaders inspire and motivate others to find their own solutions. Although leaders are different from managers, organizations need them both. Managers are critical to getting out the day-to-day work, and leaders are critical to inspiring employees and setting the organization’s long-term direction. The key issue for any organization is the extent to which it is properly led and properly managed.
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