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Leaders are Managers, but managers are not necessarily leaders

Leaders are Managers, but managers are not necessarily leaders

Leader do not require any managerial position to show his leadership and then he or she inevitably become a manager. Thus bureaucratic manager is not being a leader every time.

                                                Figure 1: Leader (Schwantes, 2018)

Leadership culture emphasizes rationality and management. Whether his energy is focused on goals, resources, organizational structure, or people. The manager is a problem solver. The manager asks, "What problems need to be resolved and how can we get the best results so that people can continue to contribute to this organization?" Managers need many people to work efficiently at different statuses and levels of responsibility in order to carry out their duties. You don't need a genius or a hero to become a manager. Perseverance, tenacity, diligence, intelligence, analytical skills, and perhaps most importantly, tolerance and mercy (Zalesnik, 2004).Thus a Leader is heroic character among either team or in the organization.

Subordinates leave the Managers not the organizations, this happen merely due to the poor leadership of the management. The trained and experienced labor is always an asset to the developing organization.

When the business/organization is grown workforce will be inclined this would not ease to the top of management and consequently top management should careful to appoint appropriate leaders at required stages to achieve their certain goals. Many reputed organizations and mangers doing various strategic approaches to sort out these issues, they develop their own leadership skill or empower the leaders as middle level managers. People don’t want to manage they hate management because it convince too much of control. They want to be led. (Zimmerman, 2016)

A leader can guide to group of individuals to achieve the ultimate goal but manager still a facilitator. Consider a simple military analogy. The peacetime army can usually survive with proper management, the moves up and down the hierarchy, coupled with good leadership and the is concentrated at the top. During the War Army however, requires competent leadership at all levels. No one yet understands how to effectively lead people into battle. Competent leader shall be guided for the victory. (Kotter, 2001)

                                         Figure 2: Leader Vs Manager (SlideModel, 2021)

Final Word

Leaders are not defined by their position in the hierarchy, but by their attitude to define them, their ability to guide and inspire others. Young employees have more leadership skills than a boring CEO who doesn't have the ability to run a business properly. In fact, it is not uncommon for leaders to lack leadership. These people can often rely on others to take over their leadership role, or they can ultimately ruin the organization because of their incompetence. Many government or semi-governmental organizations around the world have been hurt by this dilemma. Such monopoly organizations often lack top management leadership, which makes the organization inefficient. These organizations find it difficult to survive as a result of competition with the private sector. Quick glances Transport sector, Aviation system in the country, Several Utility services etc. and many effective government organization vanished due to poor management in the recent past. Most of higher management of those government organizations are politically appointed and those Managers floundered during their jurisdiction due to poor leadership and ruined, by remaining questions to all.

References

Kotter, J. P. (2001). What Leaders Really Do. HarvardBusiness Review, 4.

Schwantes, M. (2018, April 20). How Can You Tell a Great Leader When You See One? Look For this 1 Uncommon Sign. Retrieved from www.inc.com: https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/how-can-you-tell-a-great-leader-when-you-see-one-look-for-this-1-uncommon-sign.html

SlideModel. (2021, February 26). Retrieved from slidemodel.com: https://slidemodel.com/leadership-vs-management-key-differences/

Zalesnik, A. (2004). Managers and Leaders: Are They Different. Harvard Business Review.

Zimmerman, A. (2016). PEOPLE DONT WANT TO BE MANAGED-THEY WANT TO BE LED. Retrieved from drzimmerman.com: https://www.drzimmerman.com/tuesdaytip/less-management-more-leadership

 

Comments

  1. Your explanations are very useful .

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  2. Every manager should have leadership skills. If they haven’t It is difficult to achieve goals & objectives great leader can guide his team for success nice article 👍

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  3. Interesting article.True leader knows what's best to do.Manager knows merely how best to do it. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Every skilled leaders are asset of each organizations. Managers and Leaders are playing different role to achieve the company goals. You have well explained the gap between leaders and managers. Great!

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  5. If you are a leader then you don’t really need the “manager” title.
    Good article

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  6. Very good explanation about leaders and Managers good article

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  7. Good article, well explained about managers and leaders.

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  8. All leaders are managers. However, all managers cannot become leaders without having leadership qualities. It is important for managers to have leadership qualities in order to provide direction for the subordinates.

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  9. A great blog post dear Waduge, it takes an individual to go an extra mile to become a leader instead of a manager and I agree with the points that you made here. Thanks for sharing!

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