Leadership and Management
Leadership and management
Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
Still, much ink has been spent delineating the differences. The manager’s job is to plan, organize and coordinate. The leader’s job is to inspire and motivate.
– The manager administers; the leader innovates.
– The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
– The manager maintains; the leader develops.
– 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.
Perhaps the most famous example of a Leader Not Manager was Sir Winston Churchill. His leadership through the Second World War was critical to the Allied success, but his lack of planning and preparation were the source of many mistakes including the Allied invasion of Norway in 1940. He was also considered a lamentable Prime Minister in peace time following the war and is thought by many to be responsible for the collapse of the British Empire.
This type of Manager Not Leader can be found in abundance on reality televisions shows. Boyd Coddington, the owner of the hotrod builders featured in American Hotrod on The Discovery Channel, constantly berates and subjugates his employees while proclaiming he maintains a positive working atmosphere. Ninya Perna, the Hotel Operations Manager from American Casino on the same channel is often portrayed in an even worse light.
Manager Not Leader stresses the importance of effective leadership by supervisors, managers and executives, but being a great leader doesn’t necessarily mean being a great manager. This antipattern illustrates the problem of having vision but no plan. The manager that is proficient at their administrative and managerial duties, but lacks
Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are necessarily linked, and complementary. Any effort to separate the two is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
Still, much ink has been spent delineating the differences. The manager’s job is to plan, organize and coordinate. The leader’s job is to inspire and motivate.
– The manager administers; the leader innovates.
– The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
– The manager maintains; the leader develops.
– 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.
Perhaps the most famous example of a Leader Not Manager was Sir Winston Churchill. His leadership through the Second World War was critical to the Allied success, but his lack of planning and preparation were the source of many mistakes including the Allied invasion of Norway in 1940. He was also considered a lamentable Prime Minister in peace time following the war and is thought by many to be responsible for the collapse of the British Empire.
This type of Manager Not Leader can be found in abundance on reality televisions shows. Boyd Coddington, the owner of the hotrod builders featured in American Hotrod on The Discovery Channel, constantly berates and subjugates his employees while proclaiming he maintains a positive working atmosphere. Ninya Perna, the Hotel Operations Manager from American Casino on the same channel is often portrayed in an even worse light.
Manager Not Leader stresses the importance of effective leadership by supervisors, managers and executives, but being a great leader doesn’t necessarily mean being a great manager. This antipattern illustrates the problem of having vision but no plan. The manager that is proficient at their administrative and managerial duties, but lacks