Differentiate a Leader from a Manager
Article: What Leaders Really Do?
Presented By
Md. Sohel Rana
Department of Business Administration
East West University
Article: What Really leaders Do?
Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?
Published: In 1977
What Leaders Really Do?
Published: In 1990
ManagementManagement LeadershipLeadership
Deciding
Creating Network
Ensuring
Leadership and management are two distinctive and
complementary system of action. Each has it’s own
function and characteristic activities.
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picture or graphic.
Basic Difference Between Managers & Leaders
Managers
 Promote stability
 Aim is predictability & orderly
result by planning
 Looks for right fit between people
and jobs
 Strives to make it easy to run
routine jobs
Leaders
 Seek for change
 Aim is produce is change by setting
direction
 Looks for right fit between people
and vision
 Attempt to touch people at their
deepest level by staring their basic
needs
System of Action of Managers and Leaders
Managers:
Cope with Complexity by-
1) Planning and Budgeting
2) Organizing and Staffing
3) Controlling and Problem Solving
Leaders:
Manage Constructive Changes by-
1) Setting a Direction
2) Aligning People
3) Motivating People
Planning and Budgeting Vs Setting a Direction
Planning and Budgeting
 Setting targets or goals for the
future
 Establish detail steps for
achieving those targets
 Allocating resources to
accomplish those plans
 Long term planning are time
consuming and cant adapt with
rapid changes
 Such approaches can never work
Setting a Direction
 Developing a vision of the future
 Create and articulate a strategy for
producing the changes needed to
achieve that vision
 Looks for patterns, relationships and
linkage
Organizing and Staffing Vs Aligning People
Organizing and Staffing
 Creating an organizational
structure and set of job
 Staffing the job with qualified
individuals
 Delegating responsibility
Aligning People
 Communicating the new direction
 Committed to its achievement
 Aligning is a challenge
 Another challenge creditability
 The vision are sheared to everyone
Controlling and Problem Solving Vs Motivating
Controlling and problem solving
 Monitoring result versus the plan
in some details
 By means of report, meeting and
other tools identity deviations
 And planning and organizing to
solve the problems
 Purpose of structure is to help
normal people to run routine work
normally
Motivating
 Keeping people moving into the right
direction
 Despite major obstacles to change
 By appealing to basic and but often
untapped human needs
 Coping with bad situation need
highly energized behaviour
 Caring create a sense of control
 Coaching enhance self-esteem
Reference
Havard business review: what leaders really do?
https://hbr.org/2001/12/what-leaders-really-do
https://hbr.org/2013/08/tests-of-a-leadership-transiti
http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-
leadership-style/what-is-the-difference-between-
management-and-leadership/
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/
manager_leader.htm
https://www.go2hr.ca/articles/understanding-differences-
leadership-vs-management
Reference
Havard business review: what leaders really do?
https://hbr.org/2001/12/what-leaders-really-do
https://hbr.org/2013/08/tests-of-a-leadership-transiti
http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-
leadership-style/what-is-the-difference-between-
management-and-leadership/
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/
manager_leader.htm
https://www.go2hr.ca/articles/understanding-differences-
leadership-vs-management

Leader vs manager

  • 1.
    Differentiate a Leaderfrom a Manager Article: What Leaders Really Do? Presented By Md. Sohel Rana Department of Business Administration East West University
  • 2.
    Article: What Reallyleaders Do? Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? Published: In 1977 What Leaders Really Do? Published: In 1990
  • 3.
    ManagementManagement LeadershipLeadership Deciding Creating Network Ensuring Leadershipand management are two distinctive and complementary system of action. Each has it’s own function and characteristic activities. Caption describing picture or graphic.
  • 4.
    Basic Difference BetweenManagers & Leaders Managers  Promote stability  Aim is predictability & orderly result by planning  Looks for right fit between people and jobs  Strives to make it easy to run routine jobs Leaders  Seek for change  Aim is produce is change by setting direction  Looks for right fit between people and vision  Attempt to touch people at their deepest level by staring their basic needs
  • 5.
    System of Actionof Managers and Leaders Managers: Cope with Complexity by- 1) Planning and Budgeting 2) Organizing and Staffing 3) Controlling and Problem Solving Leaders: Manage Constructive Changes by- 1) Setting a Direction 2) Aligning People 3) Motivating People
  • 6.
    Planning and BudgetingVs Setting a Direction Planning and Budgeting  Setting targets or goals for the future  Establish detail steps for achieving those targets  Allocating resources to accomplish those plans  Long term planning are time consuming and cant adapt with rapid changes  Such approaches can never work Setting a Direction  Developing a vision of the future  Create and articulate a strategy for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision  Looks for patterns, relationships and linkage
  • 7.
    Organizing and StaffingVs Aligning People Organizing and Staffing  Creating an organizational structure and set of job  Staffing the job with qualified individuals  Delegating responsibility Aligning People  Communicating the new direction  Committed to its achievement  Aligning is a challenge  Another challenge creditability  The vision are sheared to everyone
  • 8.
    Controlling and ProblemSolving Vs Motivating Controlling and problem solving  Monitoring result versus the plan in some details  By means of report, meeting and other tools identity deviations  And planning and organizing to solve the problems  Purpose of structure is to help normal people to run routine work normally Motivating  Keeping people moving into the right direction  Despite major obstacles to change  By appealing to basic and but often untapped human needs  Coping with bad situation need highly energized behaviour  Caring create a sense of control  Coaching enhance self-esteem
  • 9.
    Reference Havard business review:what leaders really do? https://hbr.org/2001/12/what-leaders-really-do https://hbr.org/2013/08/tests-of-a-leadership-transiti http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a- leadership-style/what-is-the-difference-between- management-and-leadership/ http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/ manager_leader.htm https://www.go2hr.ca/articles/understanding-differences- leadership-vs-management
  • 10.
    Reference Havard business review:what leaders really do? https://hbr.org/2001/12/what-leaders-really-do https://hbr.org/2013/08/tests-of-a-leadership-transiti http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a- leadership-style/what-is-the-difference-between- management-and-leadership/ http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/ manager_leader.htm https://www.go2hr.ca/articles/understanding-differences- leadership-vs-management