Shadav,
Leaders create fans, managers have employees. so people follow leaders but people work for managers
Leaders coach, managers direct
Leaders build relationships, managers build systems and processes
Leaders grow personally, managers rely on existing, proven skills
Leaders are in it for the long haul, managers think short-term
Leaders take risks, managers control risk
Leaders are unique, managers copy
Leaders are change agents, managers maintain the status quo.
Leaders create a vision, managers create goals
However we really don't have to be "Leaders" completely we have a business to execute, to get the job done by managing all surroundings, we are called Project Managers NOT Project Leaders
We execute different style of leadership according to each situation. Saving Changes...
The main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them.
A successful business owner needs to be both a strong leader and manager to get their team on board to follow them towards their vision of success. Leadership is about getting people to understand and believe in your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals while managing is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should. Saving Changes...
Shrinath IyengarProject Manager| Diplomatic Quarter General AuthorityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Leadership is pointing in the right direction and management is how efficiently you reach there. With the wrong leadership, you will work efficiently in the wrong direction. With the wrong management, you will never reach the right destination. Saving Changes...
Management is more concerned with getting the work down, so task-orientated, and usually command and control hierarchy. Leaders gather followers or as I like to think of it, advocates. It's more to do with influence, persuasion and getting a following for the specific strategic vision the leader (or company) is pushing. These days in project management, you need both, and more than often, both in the one person. Saving Changes...
Pankaj KumarMCA,MBA| Technical Project Manager at OracleBangalore, Karnataka, India
Manager facilitates from what all available in system to the team, whereas Leader make sure that team should get everything what all needed. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
You can find different definitions according to different schools or lines of thinking but the most agreed is "The organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives.". The same you will find about leadership but here comes the mostly agreed "The activity of leading a group of people or an organization or the ability to do this.". When I wrote "most agreed" is because I worked on research and I am head professor on this field inside some posgraduate and doctorate courses in some Universities, but not matter that is could be a matter of debate. At the end, the important things is: if you are performing as project manager you do not need to be a leader. You must be a manager. You must have the ability to detect a leader inside your group and to manage her/him. Is the same you can find when you practice some sports like futbol (football) and others (I name futbol because in Argentina we practice it from 5 years old up to the day we almost died)
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1 reply by John Duncan
Apr 12, 2018 12:17 PM
John Duncan
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Sergio, I like this quote from you: "You must have the ability to detect a leader inside your group and to manage her/him."
This is similar to the concept "if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room". (or you have assembled the wrong team...)
- Management comes from the Italian "Managiarre" which is a term used for handling horses!
- Managers light a fire under their team, leaders light a fire within them Saving Changes...
Alok PriyadarshiProject Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers LimitedJamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Hi Shadav,
Manager & leader both are important for an organisation. Manager's roles are very vital in Operational based organisation, however leadership is a very important trait for project manager or project based organisation.
To inspire,motivate and influence the project team toward project objective, leadership skill is very essential for successful project manager. To maintain, measure & improve day to day productivity of operation, managerial skill is very important.
One can not be substitute for other. It is just like different skill for different job. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Very good descriptions and analogies here.
Want to add that the PMI talent triangle defines 3 sides that can be interpreted as
- management (it says technical project management)
- leadership
- strategy (it says strategic and business management) Saving Changes...
Christopher McLeanProgram Manager| Traffic & Parking Control Co., Inc.Milwaukee, Wi, United States
Hello,
In my opinion, I think the answer is simple. Managers manage. Leaders LEAD. I know not a definition, but look at it in more detail. Managers are people that know how to get things done. Take tasks given and assign them, follow up, ensure that they get done. A Leader on the other hand is someone that has a vision, can articualte that vision. They make decisions, they follow through and create a loyalty from their actions and integrity.
As a good manager surrounds himself with good people to get things done,
A good leader doesn't lead after they have nurtured the right people, they guide and provide a defined vision. Saving Changes...
"We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away."
