NOT ALL MANAGERS ARE LEADERS.
Are All Managers Considered Leaders?
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| Figure 1 Leader vs. Manager |
Consider the following question:
Are all managers leaders?
Some will respond with a loud 'yes,' as if the two are equal.
Others will recall
some of their managers and rate them as either a leader or not. Many of you may
quickly answer "no" to this question since you've heard of the
management vs. leadership debate before and are well alert that the two are
totally different.
Whatever the immediate
reaction to this question, this lesson will give arguments that divide a
manager and a leader into two different types, each with its own set of
distinguishing features. This isn't to suggest that managers and leaders are
not really similar; rather.
The
focus of this lesson is to show that not all managers are leaders.
Who Is a Manager?
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| Figure 2 Role of manager |
A manager is a person
in charge of carrying out the four management
duties of,
- · Planning,
- · Organizing,
- · Leading,
- · Controlling In an organization.
You'll see that direction is one of the
functions, therefore you could wonder if it's reasonable to assume that all
managers are also leaders. Yes, all managers are leaders in theory if (and this
is a big if) they effectively carry out their leadership responsibilities of,
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Communicating,
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Motivating,
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Inspiring,
- · Encouraging staff to achieve higher levels of productivity.
However,
not all managers are leaders simply because not all managers are capable of
doing all of the above tasks.
- A manager's instructions on how to perform a job will be followed by an employee. Because of his or her job description and title,
- A manager becomes a manager by good quality of his or her position, and employees will follow the manager.
- 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 through systems, processes, procedures, controls, and structure.
Who Is a Leader?
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| Figure 3 Leader |
The most major difference between
management and leadership is that leaders do not have to be managers.
That is, without a formal title, a person can become a leader. Any individual
can become a leader because leadership is based on the leader's own traits.
- The leader will demonstrate commitment and personal interest
in the success of his or her followers in achieving their own objectives, which
may differ from corporate objectives.
- A leader's followers have no formal, real influence over them. Power is given to the manager on a temporary basis, and it is based on the leader's capacity to excite and inspire his or her followers.
Notice
how the vocabulary has shifted here: managers have colleagues,
but leaders
have followers.
Although employees are
required to listen to their managers' demands and wishes, the following is (and
always will be) a voluntary choice for individuals who follow a leader.
Trust,
motivation and people are at the heart of effective leadership. To bring
innovation to organizations, leaders frequently ask the tough questions that
managers spend so much of their time supporting.
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Visionary,
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Change-aware,
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Innovative,
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Flexible,
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Adaptable leadership.
Managers are focused on the bottom line,
while leaders spend their time looking to the future
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