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Leaders vs managers

Nowadays many people discuss differences between leaders and managers, between leaderships and management. Leadership and management must go hand in hand and must be linked between each other, but they are not the same thing. A manager is the member of an organization with the responsibility of carrying out the four important functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The primary difference between management and leadership is that leaders don’t necessarily hold or occupy a management position. Simply put, a leader doesn’t have to be an authority figure in the organization; a leader can be anyone. You need quite different qualities and skills to be a successful manager in a company and to be a successful leader in a company. Here are some of them.

First of all, the main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them. Managers are focused on getting the current job done, on setting, measuring and achieving goals, but leaders inspire and engage their people in turning that vision, they lift persons’ visions to higher things and raise their performance to a higher standards.

Secondly, leaders try to be like a coach for workers, but managers just give straight directs. Leaders see the people’s potential and try to realize this potential in a good way. Managers assign tasks and provide guidance on how to accomplish them.

In addition to that, leaders create fans, managers have employees. Leaders have people who go beyond following them; their followers and fans, who are helping them to build their brand and achieve their goals. Their fans help them increase their visibility and credibility. Managers have staff who follow directions and seek to please the boss.

Moreover, leaders take risks and managers control risks. Leaders are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Managers work to minimize risk. They seek to avoid or control problems.

Finally, Leaders grow personally, managers rely on existing, proven skills. Leaders know if they aren’t learning something new every day, they aren’t standing still, they’re falling behind. They seek out people and information that will expand their thinking. Managers often do the same thing that was successful in the past, improving existing skills and adopting proven behaviors.

In conclusion, it is important to say the words leader and manager are among the most commonly used words in business and are often used in one meaning, but it is important to understand that manager can become a leader if they carry out the leadership responsibilities of management. If you want, to become a good manager and a good leader, you should study and carry out these leadership responsibilities of management, which include improving of your personal charisma, communication, motivation, providing inspiration and guidance, and encouraging employees to lift a person’s vision to a higher things, to raise person’s performance to a higher stands and to build personality beyond its normal limitations.