Management vs. Leadership

Management vs. Leadership The comparison and differences of traits between leadership and management techniques and styles is like comparing apples and oranges. Leadership should be an asset of management but unfortunately not all managers have leadership qualities A manager is a director, an overseer, someone who dictates employees. A leader is focused on organizing and inspiring people to be entrepreneurs. The role and responsibilities of both leaders and managers in creating and maintaining a healthy organizational culture has differences and similarities, both a leader and a manager have the same goal to have a healthy organization but the approaches are different. An example from sums up the differences between a leader and a manager:
"The leader is followed and the manager rules. A leader is someone who people naturally follow through their own choice, whereas a manager must be obeyed. A manager may only have obtained his position of authority through time and loyalty given to the company, not as a result of his leadership qualities. A leader may have no organizational skills, but his vision unites people behind him".
Managers enjoy the status quo while leaders accept change. Managers like their environment to stay the same; they want to keep their empire untouched without anything altering this managerial world of dictatorship and control. Leaders allow change and use it to their advantage by taking the change and running with it and people like to follow someone with confidence and assurance to make this change a positive objective. Managers are inclined to take control and control situations, and leaders delegate and include everyone as a team. Leaders initiate and implement while involving people and managers demand and command people what to do.
A structure based organization is essential for a manager while leaders are flexible to do what is best rather then what the procedures state. Leaders are innovators with creativity to invent and focus on