Difference Between Leadership And Management

Difference Between Leadership And Management
by Yank Elliott, MBA & IAHBE Staff Writer

Recently, I ran across a discussion of the differences between management and leadership. When I studied these two important ideas, I remember that they were sort of lumped together as the same thing. Now, many business thinkers believe they are two separate and distinct things.
Because most home based entrepreneurs are the only employees of their businesses, it is important for you to understand what each one is. It is necessary to use leadership traits to drive our business forward, while, at the same time, managing all our business resources and assets so they will be the most productive they can be. If we have employees, the distinction between these two important business functions becomes critically important. These are the reasons for this article. You should get some insight into how these two functions are different, and discover the necessity for both of them.
SOME LEADERSHIP QUOTES
Here is a list of significant quotes about leadership. I will show you a few of them:
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. —Lao Tzu
Where there is no vision, the people perish. —Proverbs 29:18
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? —Benjamin Disraeli
You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. —Warren Bennis
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. —General George Patton
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. —Aristotle
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. —Peter Drucker
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. —Theodore Roosevelt
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. —Napoleon Bonaparte
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. —Peter Drucker
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. —Tony Blair
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. —Polybius
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. —Douglas MacArthur
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. —Ovid
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. —Andrew Carnegie
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. —General Dwight Eisenhower
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. —General George Patton
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. —Stephen Covey
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. —Solon
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. —Herbert Swope
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. —Thomas Jefferson
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. —Latin Proverb
Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead. —Ross Perot
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. —Norman Schwarzkopf
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. —Abraham Lincoln
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. —Arnold Glasow
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. —Marco Rubio
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. —John J Pershing
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. —John Maxwell
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. –George Patton
You don't lead by hitting people over the head—that's assault, not leadership. –Dwight Eisenhower
Earn your leadership every day. –Michael Jordan
From what these important people have said, they completely understand the differences between leadership and management. It's not impossible for one person to hold both of these posts at the same time, but, when this happens that person needs be very clear on what each of the two positions involves.
WHAT JOHN MCCAIN SAID AT THE 2011 TAILHOOK MEETING IN RENO
The Tailhook Association is an international fraternal order that supports aircraft carriers and other means of naval warfare. Active members must have had at least one carrier landing. In this section, we will highlight some things Senator John McCain said in his speech to this group. His speech produced the original idea for this article.
McCain said he believes the key factor in the success of Naval Aviation over the past century has to do with leadership.
An example of superior leadership is the Battle of Midway 69 years ago.
The Japanese had us greatly outnumbered with superior equipment, yet, in the end we won the battle with superior leadership.
A leadership example at Midway was LCDR John Waldron who led his torpedo bombers into certain death with his last transmission to his team, "We will go in. We won't turn
back. We will attack. Good luck."
Another example is Marine Major Joe Henderson who led his fighters, in his on-fire plane, against the Japanese Carrier Hiryu. He pressed the attack on his last flight.
The final example is outstanding.
Almost out of fuel, LCDR Wade McClusky continued to search for the Japanese carriers until he found them. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations in the Pacific, credited McClusky, by his leadership, as the one who "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway."
Sen. McCain's grandfather commanded a carrier task force in the Pacific in World War II. McCain said of his grandfather:
He made it a point to talk with pilots after they returned from a strike, asking them, 'Do you think we're doing the right thing?' Here was a 3-star admiral, taking time during the course of war to receive honest feedback from men under his command. My grandfather knew that
if you ever stopped learning, especially from your men, then you also stopped leading. And he knew how to lead.
McCain says that today there is a lot of talk about management, but little about leadership. Every year we produce about 150,000 MBA managers, but true leaders are rare.
According to Sen. McCain, these are some differences between leaders and managers:

Leaders inspire people; managers, well, they "manage" people and assets.

Leaders think about protecting and promoting their people; managers think
about protecting their own careers.

Leaders take charge and accept responsibility; managers often pass the buck
to higher authority for fear of making a wrong decision.

Leaders take risks when necessary; managers are taught to avoid risks
whenever possible.

No manager, however competent, will ever be able to inspire people to endure the hardships and make the sacrifices that we all know must come with Naval Aviation. Enduring those hardships and making those sacrifices is the price we pay for the privilege of defending our great nation.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ARE COMPLIMENTARY
This discussion links leadership and management as necessarily complimentary. Arbitrary separation of the two functions is likely to cause insurmountable problems. Warren Bennis, in his book On Becoming a Leader, presented a list of differences between leaders and managers:

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 structure; 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 or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader's eye is on the horizon.
The manager imitates; the leader originates.
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

MANAGEMENT STILL IS NOT LEADERSHIP
Here is a further discussion of differences between management and leadership. Misunderstanding of these two terms causes massive misunderstanding and is an impediment to building and positioning a company for success in the 21st. century. Here are three main mistakes about leadership and management:

People use the terms "management" and "leadership" interchangeably. This shows that they don't see the crucial difference between the two and the vital functions that each role plays.

People use the term "leadership" to refer to the people at the very top of hierarchies. They then call the people in the layers below them in the organization "management." And then all the rest are workers, specialists, and individual contributors. This is also a mistake and very misleading.

People often think of "leadership" in terms of personality characteristics, usually as something they call charisma. Since few people have great charisma, this leads logically to the conclusion that few people can provide leadership, which gets us into increasing trouble.

From this discussion come these observations:

Management is a set of well-known processes, like planning, budgeting, structuring jobs, staffing jobs, measuring performance, and problem-solving. Management is crucial–but it's not leadership.

Leadership is entirely different. It is associated with taking an organization into the future, finding opportunities that are coming at it faster and faster and successfully exploiting those opportunities. In an ever-faster-moving world, leadership is increasingly needed from more and more people, no matter where they are in a hierarchy.

INFLUENCE AND POWER
This discussion focuses on a different look at leadership and management. Here are the different looks:
Managers count value; they sometimes reduce value by disabling those who are adding value. They do this by adding unneeded operations to a job.
Leaders focus on creating value. They do this by example and by helping people to do their jobs.
Through their subordinates, managers create circles of power, with subordinates in the circle. Managers control the people in this circle.
Leaders create circles of influence. This implies the ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success. Power and control are not leadership traits; influence and inspiration are.
CONCLUSION
We have seen that there are distinct differences between leaders and managers. Most writers believe there is a shortage of leaders in most organizations. That some managers can also be leaders, at times, and some leaders can be managers, at times, are also accepted ideas. Because home based entrepreneurs are often the only employees in the business, we are all in the position of being both manager and leader. We can't avoid it.
All of us are managers most of the time because we must keep our business going and producing revenue. All these functions require most of our efforts on a daily basis. However, it is important that we also spend some time as a leader seeking the future of our businesses. Then, after the future is determined, begin your leadership, convincing people to do whatever it is you need for them to do.
Just because we work alone, it is still important to recognize what managers and leaders do. It is important to know about each function, and know when to use them. If you pay attention to this article, your home based business will be better.

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