Hi Friends, Can u explain me the difference between the leader & a manager thanks Barkha
From India, Bhopal
4From India, Bhopal
Hi Barkha,
Manager is the one who excersices control by virtue of his position. He gets the work done by issuing orders out of authority he is having because of the position.
Leader is the one who excercises control by virtue of his personal traits, skills,abilities. He sets himself as an exampleor by involving himself in the work. He is the role model for his followers.
Manager will have subordinates.
Leader will have followers.
Thats why there is a saying " Be a leader, not a boss(manager)".
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. "
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning the right wall.
Others can also share their views.
Naveen Kilari
Training Manager
VIT University
Vellore
Tamil Nadu
From India, Pune
Manager is the one who excersices control by virtue of his position. He gets the work done by issuing orders out of authority he is having because of the position.
Leader is the one who excercises control by virtue of his personal traits, skills,abilities. He sets himself as an exampleor by involving himself in the work. He is the role model for his followers.
Manager will have subordinates.
Leader will have followers.
Thats why there is a saying " Be a leader, not a boss(manager)".
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. "
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning the right wall.
Others can also share their views.
Naveen Kilari
Training Manager
VIT University
Vellore
Tamil Nadu
From India, Pune
Hi Barkha,
Here are some defined differences between the two, go through this and i hope after this it will become very much clear to you.
Manager: someone who is responsible for managing someone else in a company or business, someone who controls resources and expenditures.
Leader: the person who makes decisions that other people choose to follow or obey, a person who guides or inspires others.
Good managers contribute to the success of the company by using their 'positional power' to direct, supervise and manage the resources of an organization.
A leader has a much more complex role - they inspire and influence people so that a company's vision can be achieved.
A manager is a person that achieves company objectives through the actions and efforts of their subordinates. This example implies that managers belong to a formal organization structure and their power is based on their position. In other words, the organizational position defines the manager's power and the influence they have over their subordinates is based on their company position. Successful managers contribute to the company's bottom line by ensuring their assigned staff meets the department's business objectives.
Although managers have many other responsibilities like assigning resources, handling grievances, solving problems, briefing executives and writing reports - let's focus on those things that affect people. Good managers get the most out of their people because they:
• Orient new employees
• Explain policies and procedures
• Provide job information
• Assign work to subordinates
• Describe performance expectations
• Identify personal problems and issues
• Evaluate performance
• Identify training requirements
• Provide feedback
Leaders apply the same practices that good managers use but what sets them apart is their caring attitude. In addition to providing feedback, they also listen to what their subordinates say and they take the time to discover the underlying issues. They help employees solve their own problems by providing an environment where people know they are accepted.
Leaders also demonstrate their commitment in both words and deeds because it takes a long time for people to hear, understand and believe in what a leader says. The trust a leader demonstrates in his staff builds the employees motivation and commitment. Great leaders also have a knack for building teams by setting realistic goals, providing guidance and feedback and empowering the team to do its best.
Leaders practice the five 'Ls' - they look, they listen, they learn, they lead and they laugh with their team! These are the traits that inspire people to do their best. By doing so, they gain the respect and support of their staff. Good leadership skills make people want to achieve their very best rather than just meeting a day-to-day objective.
Regards,
Amit Seth
From India, Ahmadabad
Here are some defined differences between the two, go through this and i hope after this it will become very much clear to you.
Manager: someone who is responsible for managing someone else in a company or business, someone who controls resources and expenditures.
Leader: the person who makes decisions that other people choose to follow or obey, a person who guides or inspires others.
Good managers contribute to the success of the company by using their 'positional power' to direct, supervise and manage the resources of an organization.
A leader has a much more complex role - they inspire and influence people so that a company's vision can be achieved.
A manager is a person that achieves company objectives through the actions and efforts of their subordinates. This example implies that managers belong to a formal organization structure and their power is based on their position. In other words, the organizational position defines the manager's power and the influence they have over their subordinates is based on their company position. Successful managers contribute to the company's bottom line by ensuring their assigned staff meets the department's business objectives.
Although managers have many other responsibilities like assigning resources, handling grievances, solving problems, briefing executives and writing reports - let's focus on those things that affect people. Good managers get the most out of their people because they:
• Orient new employees
• Explain policies and procedures
• Provide job information
• Assign work to subordinates
• Describe performance expectations
• Identify personal problems and issues
• Evaluate performance
• Identify training requirements
• Provide feedback
Leaders apply the same practices that good managers use but what sets them apart is their caring attitude. In addition to providing feedback, they also listen to what their subordinates say and they take the time to discover the underlying issues. They help employees solve their own problems by providing an environment where people know they are accepted.
Leaders also demonstrate their commitment in both words and deeds because it takes a long time for people to hear, understand and believe in what a leader says. The trust a leader demonstrates in his staff builds the employees motivation and commitment. Great leaders also have a knack for building teams by setting realistic goals, providing guidance and feedback and empowering the team to do its best.
Leaders practice the five 'Ls' - they look, they listen, they learn, they lead and they laugh with their team! These are the traits that inspire people to do their best. By doing so, they gain the respect and support of their staff. Good leadership skills make people want to achieve their very best rather than just meeting a day-to-day objective.
Regards,
Amit Seth
From India, Ahmadabad
Dear Barkha,
Nice meeting you here is some difference
To manage or to lead? Is the question all managers must ask themselves. But what does it really mean to be a manager or a leader? Is being a leader significantly different than being a manager, and is it possible to manage and to lead at the same time?
Definition of a Manager and a Leader:
A manager basically directs resources to complete predetermined goals or projects. For example, a manager may engage in hiring, training, and scheduling employees in order to accomplish work in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible. A manager is considered a failure if he/she is not able to complete the project or goals with efficiency or when the cost becomes too high.
On the other hand, a leader within a company develops individuals in order to complete predetermined goals and projects. A leader develops relationships with his/her employees by building communication, evoking images of success, and by eliciting loyalty.
Comparison of Manager versus Leader:
Manager: A company CEO directs Sarah, one of the companies up and coming managers, to hire enough new employees to provide the company with a state-of-the-art customer service department. Sarah undertakes her project with enthusiasm. She hires only those employees who can work the assigned hours, will accept the modest pay, and have experience working in customer service. She trains her new employees to perform the job to her expectations and assigns the employees to their new positions. Sarah measures her success in terms of efficiency, calls handled per hour, and cost effectiveness, i.ae., did she meet her budget. However, Sarah did not anticipate that of the employees she hired, only a handful would remain working six months later.
Leader: Rob obtains the same assignment as Sarah. Rob hires employees that he believes he can develop a working relationship with, versus just those employees who will worked the assigned hours and take the modest pay. Rob's goal is to hire a diverse group of employees, some of who do not have any customer service experience, who he feels he can develop a personal connection. A large part of Rob's training involves team building, telling successful stories, and listening to each employee's own desires for what constitutes a fulfilling job. Rob still assigns his employees their job duties and schedules at the end of training, and he also measures success in terms of efficient and cost effectiveness, but he also measures success in terms of low employee turnover, employee morale, and employee development. Rob feels proud when one of his employees obtains an advance level position a year or two after being hired.
Can a Manager be a Leader and a Leader be a Manager?
The answer to the question is "yes." The skills to be a leader or a manager are not exclusive in nature. A leader who only displays leadership skills will be ineffective when it comes to checking time cards, completing employee reviews, and scheduling employee vacation time; things that employers require their managers to do on timely bases. Similarly, a manager who spends all his/her time completing paperwork and reading reports; only creates more problems for him or her because they lack a developing relationship with their employees.
If you are a manager who has spent too much time managing and not leading his/her employees, start spending 10% of your time each week leading until you can establish 25% of your time in leadership practices. If you are a leader who only likes to lead, either become a politician, hire an assistant to be the manager, or start spending 50% of your time getting the paperwork done.
Happy Working
Ravindra Park
Aditya Birl Group
99280 14578
From India, Indore
Nice meeting you here is some difference
To manage or to lead? Is the question all managers must ask themselves. But what does it really mean to be a manager or a leader? Is being a leader significantly different than being a manager, and is it possible to manage and to lead at the same time?
Definition of a Manager and a Leader:
A manager basically directs resources to complete predetermined goals or projects. For example, a manager may engage in hiring, training, and scheduling employees in order to accomplish work in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible. A manager is considered a failure if he/she is not able to complete the project or goals with efficiency or when the cost becomes too high.
On the other hand, a leader within a company develops individuals in order to complete predetermined goals and projects. A leader develops relationships with his/her employees by building communication, evoking images of success, and by eliciting loyalty.
Comparison of Manager versus Leader:
Manager: A company CEO directs Sarah, one of the companies up and coming managers, to hire enough new employees to provide the company with a state-of-the-art customer service department. Sarah undertakes her project with enthusiasm. She hires only those employees who can work the assigned hours, will accept the modest pay, and have experience working in customer service. She trains her new employees to perform the job to her expectations and assigns the employees to their new positions. Sarah measures her success in terms of efficiency, calls handled per hour, and cost effectiveness, i.ae., did she meet her budget. However, Sarah did not anticipate that of the employees she hired, only a handful would remain working six months later.
Leader: Rob obtains the same assignment as Sarah. Rob hires employees that he believes he can develop a working relationship with, versus just those employees who will worked the assigned hours and take the modest pay. Rob's goal is to hire a diverse group of employees, some of who do not have any customer service experience, who he feels he can develop a personal connection. A large part of Rob's training involves team building, telling successful stories, and listening to each employee's own desires for what constitutes a fulfilling job. Rob still assigns his employees their job duties and schedules at the end of training, and he also measures success in terms of efficient and cost effectiveness, but he also measures success in terms of low employee turnover, employee morale, and employee development. Rob feels proud when one of his employees obtains an advance level position a year or two after being hired.
Can a Manager be a Leader and a Leader be a Manager?
The answer to the question is "yes." The skills to be a leader or a manager are not exclusive in nature. A leader who only displays leadership skills will be ineffective when it comes to checking time cards, completing employee reviews, and scheduling employee vacation time; things that employers require their managers to do on timely bases. Similarly, a manager who spends all his/her time completing paperwork and reading reports; only creates more problems for him or her because they lack a developing relationship with their employees.
If you are a manager who has spent too much time managing and not leading his/her employees, start spending 10% of your time each week leading until you can establish 25% of your time in leadership practices. If you are a leader who only likes to lead, either become a politician, hire an assistant to be the manager, or start spending 50% of your time getting the paperwork done.
Happy Working
Ravindra Park
Aditya Birl Group
99280 14578
From India, Indore
Hi, Thanks for replying. A very good answering from ur side thanks a lot. I am very happy to join this group, i get quickly response & reply. Thanks Regards Barkha
From India, Bhopal
From India, Bhopal
Hi Barkha, Just a simple word to mean a big difference — - Manager waits for Assistant Manager but Leader waits for none. Md. Ashraf A. Khan Manager (in-charge), HRD IWM, Dhaka
From Bangladesh, Dhaka
From Bangladesh, Dhaka
Amitmhrm and Ravindrapareek: Your posts have been enlightening!
I simply feel that a leader sets examples, and a manager just pushes weight around! I realised this a few weeks back and coincidentally we have this post timing in.
A [i]wanna-be[\i] manager, (but not mature/fit enough) lead, is the saddest thing that can happen to a team. Please empathise with me!!
From United States, San Diego
I simply feel that a leader sets examples, and a manager just pushes weight around! I realised this a few weeks back and coincidentally we have this post timing in.
A [i]wanna-be[\i] manager, (but not mature/fit enough) lead, is the saddest thing that can happen to a team. Please empathise with me!!
From United States, San Diego
There is profound difference between managers & leaders and both are important.
To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for,to conduct.Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course ,action & opinion.
Manager are concerned with the system of working properly;leaders are concerned with the system of growing and expanding and reaching new levels i.e they are involved in innovation & change.
Managers relate to people based on their position- given power and use that authority to direct other to reach the organisation's goals.Leaders on other hand, relate to people based on persuasion and convince that certain activities are right thing todo.
Sweta
From India, Raipur
To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for,to conduct.Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course ,action & opinion.
Manager are concerned with the system of working properly;leaders are concerned with the system of growing and expanding and reaching new levels i.e they are involved in innovation & change.
Managers relate to people based on their position- given power and use that authority to direct other to reach the organisation's goals.Leaders on other hand, relate to people based on persuasion and convince that certain activities are right thing todo.
Sweta
From India, Raipur
Dear Barkha, In nutshell, a manager get the work done through his subordinates but a leader motivates the employees to do the work independently. Regards, MANOJ KUMAR
Hi All
I appreciate contributions from all. Stephen Covey in his book 7 habits of highly effective people has provided distinction between managers and leaders, which goes as under
„« Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
„« Leadership is about coping with change; management is about coping with complexity.
„« Leadership has about it a kinesthetic feel, a sense of movement...managing is about handling things, about maintaining order, about organization and control.
„« Leaders are concerned with what things mean to people; managers are concerned about how things get done.
„« Leaders are the architects...managers are the builders.
„« Leadership focuses on the creation of a common vision...management is the design of work... it is about controlling.
In any given situation what makes a person a leader is the follower/s. How widely accepted is the leader is normally measured by the number of followers. So one cannot avoid followers when we talk of leaders, which means leadership is demonstrating behaviors those are acceptable to most of the people you interact with in a day to day affair.
Managers in an organization are of three types namely
transactional - those who mainly focus on achieving targets assigned to them by their influence and tactics. (Sara in the story posted by Ravindra)
transformational - those who focus on things beyond achieving targets and building organizations. (Rob in the same story and a lot many names like Mr Murthy of Infosys)
People's - managers in this category are found very often. They might know a little but since they are good at managing people can do a fair job, problem is that they sacrifice a lot of professionalism in managing those. People in this category are very successful in social outfits.
The managers who fall in the second category are actually the leaders where people would want to follow them not may be for their people management skills but probably learning.
These are my thoughts and are not binding on any one. Thanks once again.
Sunil Joshi
From United States, Bedford
I appreciate contributions from all. Stephen Covey in his book 7 habits of highly effective people has provided distinction between managers and leaders, which goes as under
„« Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
„« Leadership is about coping with change; management is about coping with complexity.
„« Leadership has about it a kinesthetic feel, a sense of movement...managing is about handling things, about maintaining order, about organization and control.
„« Leaders are concerned with what things mean to people; managers are concerned about how things get done.
„« Leaders are the architects...managers are the builders.
„« Leadership focuses on the creation of a common vision...management is the design of work... it is about controlling.
In any given situation what makes a person a leader is the follower/s. How widely accepted is the leader is normally measured by the number of followers. So one cannot avoid followers when we talk of leaders, which means leadership is demonstrating behaviors those are acceptable to most of the people you interact with in a day to day affair.
Managers in an organization are of three types namely
transactional - those who mainly focus on achieving targets assigned to them by their influence and tactics. (Sara in the story posted by Ravindra)
transformational - those who focus on things beyond achieving targets and building organizations. (Rob in the same story and a lot many names like Mr Murthy of Infosys)
People's - managers in this category are found very often. They might know a little but since they are good at managing people can do a fair job, problem is that they sacrifice a lot of professionalism in managing those. People in this category are very successful in social outfits.
The managers who fall in the second category are actually the leaders where people would want to follow them not may be for their people management skills but probably learning.
These are my thoughts and are not binding on any one. Thanks once again.
Sunil Joshi
From United States, Bedford
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