Leaders vs Managers: Understanding the Difference

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Table of content
Introduction ..................................................................................... 2
Mangers vs Leader personality and character ............................................... 2
Defining a leader ................................................................................ 6
Leaders and their role in an organization ................................................. 8
Manger and their role in an organization ....................................................... 9
Approached to leadership and manager ........................................................

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LEADERS VS MANAGERS EASY
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Introduction
Leadership and managers hip are not related terms as many believed, for one to lead, he does not
require the managerial position of leadership, but for a manager to be considered competence
enough, he must possess traits of leadership in him. A manager has to provide leadership to the
organization, or to junior staff and his group at large. A successful manager must perform the
following functions if he is to achieve the set goals, for himself or the organization that is
Planning, Organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. As we can see, leadership is part of the
functions hence leadership term is not related to Manageraliship at all (Northhouse G,, 2007)
. A leader is a leader by qualities, an example of the class prefect, youth group leader, women
group leader. They are not necessarily managers but leaders out of their positive character that

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attracts those who are in dire needs of leadership. A manager can be a leader, but a leader cannot
necessarily be a manager. Manager pushes people to do things to achieve some goals but a leader
will inspire people into acting, and together they work toward achieving goals.
Manager vs. Leader Personality/characteristics
Every society gives an answer as to who is a leader with each society having different answers to
that question that expresses concerns on purpose, distributing and use of the power that comes
with leadership. The business world has produced and evolved new kind of leadership in the
name of managers and at the same time establishing new power custom that emphasizes on
collective leadership over individual leadership. Ensuring the capability, courage, sharing of
power between an individual with the potential of managerial leadership but does not necessarily
promotes creativity, innovation and ethical behaviors in giving corporate directions to its destiny
of successful enterprises. Leadership emphasizes on power to influence how individual acts
(Northhouse G,, 2007).
There are several risks when power is in hand of one person, whereby he might equate power
with ability to get immediate results and risk of forgetting theta there other was of people
acquiring power in a legitimate way and a risk of losing self-control in the process of obtaining
power. Through conservatism and inactivity different companies gives a sequence to power by
developing manager instead of one single leader amusingly this ethic develops an irresponsible
trend in the organization, of which it us support to be the source of protection against
encroachments and controls of bureaucracy in government and education.
A manager concentrated on control, the manager is a problem solver and looks for the best way
of achieving results that will ensure people keeps on contributing to the organization's growth

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hence leadership is like a calling to direct affairs through particular efforts. Several people from
different levels come together for a common goal of ensuring the manager fulfills his task. For
one to be a manager, he/she should be persistence, hardworking, able to analyses, intelligence,
sharp-minded, flexible of goodwill, tolerance and not necessarily a hero or genius.
There is a notion that only great people can be in power, authority or any leadership positions,
but leadership is psychodrama where a weak person should gain confidence in themselves to
play the role of manager and be able to control others. But into leadership, you only need to be
accepted, respected and not necessarily tough.
Leadership is inbuilt, you cannot learn on how to be a leader’s nut you can learn on how to
efficiently use leadership skills. Limitation in visualizing purposes and generating value for
work to a level where a manager is stagnant irrespective of his competency. Leadership and
managerial role should not be run by narrow purpose or with no imaginative capacity, and should
also have the ability to communicate well (Northhouse G,, 2007). Leadership ability is when
conflict is not perpetuated but reform into broader desire and goals.
There are no known ways of training leaders, but it is known that a relationship between
competent managers and longing for greatness is a recipe of good leaders and managers.
Presence of good leaders may suppress opportunity of development of managers who become
anxious in the relative disorder that leaders seem to generate. Managers and leaders are two
different kinds of people, both in personal history and in motivation and even their thought and
action.
Attitude towards goal