Leadership vs. Management: What's the Difference?

 Leadership and management represent a different mindset, and there I no clear balance between the two. The words “leader” and “manager” are used in most business; leadership is the aspect of setting new directions and influencing people or a group to follow the direction while on the other hand management involves directing and controlling people to meet the established values and principles. 

Leadership is process-oriented, it involves setting up goals, communicating the goals o the group and influencing the group to follow established guidelines towards achieving the set goals. A leader, in this case, will play the role of leading the group, through being involved in the implementation process, providing solutions where there are challenges and ensuring that there is teamwork in the entire process. 

Management, on the other hand, depends on results, managers set the company goals, and they develop work schedules for every individual and delegate duties. They, therefore, answer any question about work and help employees to solve any problem that may arise. However, there are times when a manager requires leadership skills to spearhead the delegation and controlling process. Supervising employees requires leadership qualities because the manager has to set an example of how tasks should be performed. Even though management is result-oriented, there are extra skills that will contribute to successful managerial process (Kotter,2013). 

Focusing on the difference between management and leadership, it is clear that leadership is more important compared to management. Take a look at management, for example; it is evident that a manager has to possess some leadership skills to be able to manage a group in regards to controlling, delegating and supervising. On the other hand, a leader does not have to possess any managerial skills because a good leader is a good manager as well. Therefore leadership is more important than management because a leader can be a manager (Brooks, 2014). 

Reference 

Brooks ,D. ( Jan 13,2014).The Leadership Revival. The New York Times 

Kotter,J. (2013).Management Is (Still) Not Leadership.Harvard Business Review 

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