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    While managers and leaders have some overlapping responsibilities, they differ in key ways: - Managers focus on planning, organizing, and overseeing day-to-day operations to meet goals, while leaders inspire and motivate followers through vision and passion. - Managers derive authority from their position and manage through a hierarchy, but true leaders gain voluntary followership through personal qualities and standing. - Not all managers exhibit leadership skills like communication and motivation, but effective leaders also take on managerial duties to achieve organizational success.

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    ACADEMIA FORTELOR TERESTRE ” NICOLAE BALCESCU”

    LIMBA ENGLEZA

    Management vs. Leadership: The Difference


    Between a Manager & Leader

    Student masterand:
    Cosmin ROMAN

    SIBIU 2015
    MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

    Management and leadership skills are often regarded as one and the same to
    many businesses. While the two inherently share many similar characteristics, they
    differ in that not all managers are leaders, but all leaders are managers. They are
    complementary qualities inexorably linked to each other, and any attempt to
    extricate one from the other is impossible. Whereas the manager exists to plan,
    organize and coordinate, a leader serves to inspire and motivate. Militarily
    speaking, a manager is the battlefield general while the leader is the commander-
    in-chief.

    Qualities of a Manager

    A manager is considered a copy of the leader, responsible for


    communicating the rules and philosophies of the company to individual
    employees, and insuring that they abide by them. For a manager, his or her
    relationships with employees are determined by a hierarchical management
    system, and rarely through personal ones. They are responsible for maintaining the
    day to day operations of the company so the cogs of the operation stay well-oiled.
    Managers are generally more concerned with the quarterly bottom line, and will
    often base decisions based on these calculations. Good managers are often
    considered “good soldiers” in that they rarely question the decisions of the higher
    echelons of the company, and only serve to enforce the execution of its policies.

    Qualities of a Leader

    In contrast, a leader focuses on interpersonal relationships with other


    important contacts in other companies, as well as promoting promising individuals
    within the company to foster innovation. A leader bases his or her decisions on
    reports from department heads to assess the entire company’s situation, and future
    strategies. A true leader will also be willing to ignore the company’s quarterly
    bottom line for several quarters – much to the chagrin of shareholders – and make
    investments for a long-range growth perspective. A leader is considered a “fearless
    innovator” in that he or she challenges the status quo and is unafraid to take high
    risks in search of high rewards, for customers, employees and shareholders alike.
    Comparison Between Managers and Leaders

    It is said that a manager asks “how” and “when”, whereas a leader asks
    “what” and why”. In many professions, managers and leaders assume the same
    role. However, if a leader of a business simply manages a company – rather than
    challenge its true potential – then it will likely fall behind its industry peers.
    Likewise, if managers overstep their bounds and attempt to revolt against the
    company, then they may soon find themselves out of the job. In some cases, where
    micromanagement is essential to maximize efficiency, nurture skills and keep
    employees organized, strong managers are an absolute necessity to prevent high
    turnover rates and the “brain drain” of a skilled workforce. A good leader will also
    stay in the front line of battle, and be familiar with every aspect of the company,
    leading through inspiration rather than coercing through hierarchical control. A
    perfect manager who attains the status of a true leader will be able to lead people
    effectively and draw on the correct strengths and knowledge of every key
    individual in the company. Many managers will struggle for their entire careers
    and never attain this, but a skilled few will evolve into true leaders.
    Management vs. Leadership: The Difference Between a Manager &
    Leader

    Are all managers leaders? Are all leaders managers? This lesson presents
    arguments that place a manager and a leader into two separate categories, each
    with their own defining characteristics.

    Are All Managers Leaders?

    Ask yourself this question: are all managers leaders? Some of you will quickly
    answer 'yes' assuming the two are synonymous with one another. Others will think
    back to some of their managers and evaluate them as someone who they either do
    or do not consider a leader. Many of you might immediately respond 'no' to this
    question because you have heard of the management versus leadership debate in
    the past and know very well that the two are, in fact, quite different. Regardless of
    your initial response to this question, this lesson will present arguments that place a
    manager and a leader into two separate categories, each with their own defining
    characteristics. This is not to say that there are not similarities between managers
    and leaders; rather, the essence of this lesson is to show that not all managers are in
    fact leaders.

    What Is a Manager?

    A manager is a person in an organization who is responsible for carrying out the


    four functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading and
    controlling. You will notice that one of the functions is leadership, so you might
    ask yourself if it would be safe to assume that all managers are leaders.
    Theoretically, yes - all managers would be leaders if (and this is a big 'if') they
    effectively carry out their leadership responsibilities to communicate, motivate,
    inspire and encourage employees towards a higher level of productivity. However,
    not all managers are leaders simply because not all managers can do all of those
    items just listed. An employee will follow the directions of a manager for how to
    perform a job because they have to, but an employee will voluntarily follow the
    directions of a leader because they believe in who they are as a person, what they
    stand for and for the manner in which they are inspired by their leader. A manager
    becomes a manager by virtue of their position, and subordinates will follow the
    manager because of his or her job description and title.

    Because managers are responsible for carrying out the four functions of
    management, their primary concern is to accomplish organizational goals.
    Managers get paid to get things done in organizations. As such, the manager is
    accountable for themselves as well as the behavior and performance of his or her
    employees. A manager has the authority and power to hire, promote, discipline and
    fire employees based on those behaviors and performance. Management is about
    efficiency and getting results though systems, processes, procedures, controls and
    structure.

    What Is a Leader?

    Perhaps the greatest separation between management and leadership is that leaders
    do not have to hold a management position. That is, a person can become a leader
    without a formal title. Any individual can become a leader because the basis of
    leadership is on the personal qualities of the leader. People are willing to follow the
    leader because of who he or she is and what the leader stands for, not because they
    have to due to the authority bestowed onto him or her by the organization. The
    leader will show passion and personal investment in the success of his or her
    followers reaching their goals, which may be different from organizational goals.

    A leader has no formal, tangible power over their followers. Power is awarded to
    the leader on a temporary basis and is contingent upon the leader's ability to
    continue to motivate and inspire followership. Notice the shift in terminology here:
    managers have subordinates, while leaders have followers. Subordinates do not
    have a choice but to listen to the demands and wishes of their managers, but
    following is (and always will be) a voluntary choice for those who follow a leader.
    Those who no longer wish to follow the leader will simply stop. That is, if an
    employee initially sees his or her manager as a leader and eventually ceases to be
    inspired by that manager, the employee will still obey the manager, but only
    because the employee is required to do so, not because he or she wants to.

    Leadership is about effectiveness through trust, inspiration and people. Leaders


    often challenge the status quo that managers spend much of their time upholding to
    bring innovation to organizations. Leadership is visionary, change-savvy, creative,
    agile and adaptive. Managers are concerned with the bottom line, while leaders
    spend time looking at the horizon.

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