LEADERS VS MANAGERS

Leaders
Vision oriented: the leaders are vision oriented and think about future.

Managers
Process oriented: managers always think about process that how the organization works in efficient manner. Career oriented: managers always think about his career that how he/she moves up or develop his/her career. Protects self: Managers always protect himself.

Protects staff: leaders always protect their staff and motivate them towards achievement of organizational goals. Approaches decisions actively: the leaders are decision makers and do not hesitate to take decisions in any respect. Staff oriented: leaders are staff oriented.

Approaches decisions cautiously: Managers always depend on his superiors and others to take decisions. Non-staff oriented: managers are not staff oriented. Listens selectively: managers always listen and involve selective staff/employees during decision making. Avoids conflict: Managers always avoids being involved in conflicts. Unclear regarding trust: he is unclear regarding trust. Set day-day direction: Mangers sets day by day direction to organization as per circumstances. Focuses on processes: Managers always focuses on processes that how to gets the maximum output by utilization of minimum resources through reducing in processes of the organization. Mostly internal: Managers always keep the close eyes on internal environment. Concern efficiency: his concern on efficiency

Listens actively: leaders always involve his staff in decision making and listen everybody and get the suggestions from employees seriously. Deals with conflict: leader always deal with conflict as they are critical analyst in the positive way. Trusted: leaders always trust on his employees/staff and vice versa. Set overall & future direction: they set the overall organization direction and give the vision Focuses on results: A leader always focuses on output.

Mostly external: leaders mostly keep the close eyes on external environment. Concern effectiveness: his concern on effectiveness

Stakeholder focused: Leaders focused on stake holders interest and strive for the satisfactions of stakeholders Customer needs/capacities: thinks about customers demand Embodies mission/vision: sets the mission and vision Gets more resources: gets more recourse to accomplish the mission. They always try to look for other opportunities. Secures technologies: they protect the technologies. Always keep their eyes open and try to secure new technologies essential to create competitive advantages Seeks to create needed change: they always seek to create the needed change and believe on Change as the environment change. Create teams esp. top teams: Leadership is always focused on creating a team especially top performing team. Leader role is act as a coach and convert individual working into teams.

Personnel focused: Here the focus is personal and not on the stakeholders.

Worker needs/capacities: thinks about organization capacity for customers demand Embodies goals/objectives: sets the goals and objectives to achieve the mission. Manages resources: a manager always manages the resources.

Applies technologies: managers always apply technologies available to them and will not strive for change.

Seek stability/Manage change: management will try to manage the change and prefer to maintain the stability in the organization. Manage teamwork: Management focus is to get things done from people/team and they will try for this.

So, after the detail discussion on difference between leadership and management, we can conclude that in Management we have an authority relationship while leadership is a multidirectional influence relationship.