Scott Williams provides 10 clear distinctives to help understand the difference between a manager and a leader.
Summary:
- Leaders
- Believe in others
- Encourage others to be more, to do more.
- Challenge others to dream and think big.
- Correct others to get back in line.
- Managers and Leaders have different roles.
- Leaders develop followers to be leaders and managers manage people to do things.
- 10 comparisons between leaders and managers.
- Essence – Mangers are focused on stability; Leaders are focused on change.
- Rules – Managers make the rules; Leaders break the rules for the sake of what they are leading.
- Approach – Managers plan details; Leaders set direction “This is where we are going!”
- Culture – Managers execute; Leaders shape the culture.
- Conflict – Managers try to avoid conflict; Leaders see conflict as an asset as there will be no movement without friction.
- Direction – Managers go down existing (comfortable) roads; Leaders go down new roads.
- Credit – Managers tend to take credit; Leaders give out credit to those around them.
- Decisions – Managers make decisions; Leaders facilitate decisions, create buy-in in a healthy way.
- Vision – Managers tell; Leaders sell their vision.
- Style – Managers are usually transactional; Leaders are transformational – organization, people, etc.
- Key question on whether or not your are a leader: If your title was removed would people still follow you?
- Managers change things; Leaders change the world.
- Be a world changer -> Be a leader.
This message was presented so effectively and really resonates, thank for sharing!