Differences between Leadership and Management

Unit 2. Leadership

Introduction Nowadays leadership is really important if you want to be competitive and flexible. There are a lot of definitions of what leadership means, but my definition of leadership is a quality that brings you success. Some people are naturally born to be good leaders, but some have to develop such skills in themselves. It will be hard work. But it is worth doing it.

Differences between Leadership and Management

Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation.

Individuals who are highly ambitious, have high energy level, an urge to lead, self-confidence, intelligence, have thorough knowledge of job, are honest and flexible are more likely to succeed as organizational leaders. Individuals who learn the organizational leadership develop abilities and skills of teamwork, effective communication, conflict resolution, and group problem solving techniques.

A manager must have traits of a leader, i.e., he must possess leadership qualities. Leaders develop and begin strategies that build and sustain competitive advantage. Organizations require robust leadership and robust management for optimal organizational efficiency.

“Leadership and managership are two synonymous terms” is an incorrect statement. Leadership doesn’t require any managerial position to act as a leader. On the other hand, a manager can be a true manager only if he has got the traits of leader in him.

2 The following management styles are usually distinguished:

Quite a few organizations use Theory X today. Theory X encourages use of tight control and supervision. It implies that employees are reluctant to organizational changes. Thus, it does not encourage innovation.

One of the skills that any manager should possess is the art of delegation – it is the distribution of responsibility and authority to others while holding them accountable for their performance.

Why delegate?

n To use skills and resources already within the group

n To keep from burning out a few leaders

n To develop new leaders and build new skills within the group

n To get things done

n To prevent the group from getting too dependent on one or two leaders

n To become more powerful as a group

n To allow everyone to feel a part of the effort and the success

n Group members feel more committed if they have a role and feel needed

The secret of success is not in doing your own work but in recognizing the right [person] to do it.” ~Andrew Carnegie

Motivation is one of the key factors use by managers in their job.

Motivation is a goal-oriented characteristic that helps a person achieve his objectives. An executive must have the right leadership traits to influence motivation. An effective leader must have a thorough knowledge of motivational factors for others. For example: Positive Incentives are those incentives which provide a positive assurance for fulfilling the needs and wants. Positive incentives generally have an optimistic attitude behind and they are generally given to satisfy the psychological requirements of employees. For example-promotion, praise, recognition, perks and allowances, etc. It is positive by nature. Negative Incentives are those whose purpose is to correct the mistakes or defaults of employees. The purpose is to rectify mistakes in order to get effective results. Negative incentive is generally resorted to when positive incentive does not works and a psychological set back has to be given to employees. It is negative by nature. For example- demotion, transfer, fines, penalties. ConclusionThe role of a leader is to inspire and motivate staff and to develop talent within an organization. The management style of leaders varies: some prefer to delegate responsibility to subordinates whereas others prefer to use their authority to control operations directly. The fear can motivate me: it can become a barrier to taking risks, yet it can provide the essential emotional kick needed to meet a challenge.

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