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"Management vs. Leadership"

    - by Simon Hazeldine MSc BA (Hons) FInstSMM
 

(c) Simon Hazeldine. All Rights Reserved.


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LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT

To add to the confusion that exists about what leadership
is; the debate about the difference between management
and leadership continues to rage.

Dr Stephen Covey who wrote the legendary book
“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” defines
leadership as being about direction (where the
organisation is going) and management as being about the
logistics of going in that direction.

Some of the commonly regarded characteristics of management
include:

• Establishing objectives
• Planning
• Organising
• Controlling
• Evaluating
• Administering
• Delegating
• Solving problems
• Maintaining current working practices
• Creating structures
• Making incremental changes
• Doing things right (efficiency)
• Focus on immediate results
• Eye on the bottom line

And some of the commonly regarded characteristics of
leadership include:

• Setting the vision
• Communicating the vision
• Involving people
• Motivating people
• Inspiring people
• Innovating
• Empowering
• Managing the problem solving
• Changing the status quo
• Developing the organisational environment and culture
• Making transformational change
• Doing the right things (effectiveness)
• Focus on longer term view
• Eye on the horizon.

Some business thinkers have drawn distinctions between
management and leadership. For example:

• "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 structures; 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
• The manager asks how and when, the leader asks what and why
• The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has
  his eye on the horizon
• The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it
• The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is
  their own person
• The manager does things right, the leader does the right
• things" - Warren Bennis

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of
success; leadership determines whether the ladder is
leaning against the right wall." - Stephen Covey

"Leading is about effectiveness. Managing is about
efficiency.” - Warren Bennis

The key point is that although there may be differences
between management and leadership (depending upon your
personal definition) successful organisations need both.

“For years I have studied those lists that purport to
distinguish between managing and leading.  But I always
find that the differences are so fuzzy as to be
indistinguishable.  Surely managers need to be leaders
and leaders need to manage?  Doesn’t everyone need to be
ambidextrous?” - Dr Peter Honey

Leadership and management guru John Adair states:

“People often debate the differences and similarities of
leadership and management.  But the majority of practical
people are interested in primarily what they have to do,
and not whether it should be labelled ‘leadership’ or
‘management’ or both.  As a Chinese proverb says,
‘What does it matter if a cat is black or white, as long
as it catches mice?”

The key message is that to be successful modern
organisations need strong management and strong leadership.

Management and leadership can be though of as two
overlapping concentric circles.  At times you may need to
focus more on one than the other. The most important
factor is to understand that management and leadership
are not only complimentary but at times indivisible from
each other.

The modern organisation needs to know where it is going
and it needs to make sure it gets there! Wherever you are
in an organisational hierarchy you will need to manage,
and you will need to lead.

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