There are a lot of managers but very few leaders. The difference between managers and leaders is the method they use on their followers or subordinates. How they motivate people to believe in them and follow their orders determines the quality of how they conduct the activities at their level. In other words, how a person engages other people for the purpose of meeting his or her desired results is what determines a leader from a manager.
Managers who realize that it takes more than their position to encourage people to follow soon learn how to become leaders, too. A manager needs to be a leader, and a leader needs to be a manager. In management, there is a ubiquitous proverb which says that leadership is doing the right thing while management is doing things right.
Leaders stretch themselves to the limits of their potential, reinvent themselves and their situation, salvage a deteriorating condition, and gets back in full force with zest – all these they do by asking very critical questions to themselves about vision, priorities, time management, feedback mechanisms, succession planning, evaluation and alignment, honesty, integrity, and ability to handle pressure (Kaplan, 2007).
The creation of change in the organization is the way to develop a leadership culture since it is in making and handling change that leaders emerge from. A successful business organization will have a combined force of individuals who facilitate change and those that ensure control and order. This means that an organization needs both management and leadership. The more successful organization is the one that has discovered and now realizes that success means an equal balance between management and leadership.
Via BBC
