Balance between Leadership and Management

The two terms Management and Leadership are used interchangeably. However, these two are different
concepts but are interlinked and complementary to each other.

·      Management is all about handling complexity while leadership is about managing change.

·      Managers strive to bring consistency by formulating plans, designing a formal organizational
hierarchy and measuring results against the plans while leaders set a vision
for the future, communicate the vision to people and inspire them to achieve
that vision.

·      Managers are relatively risk-averse and try to avoid conflicts wherever possible while
leaders consider it natural to encounter risks that must be dealt to get the
work done.

·      A manager does the administration work while a leader works on innovation.

·      A manager maintains while a leader develops

·      A manager focuses on systems and structures while a leader focuses on people.

·      A manager relies on control and a leader gains a trust.

·      A manager has a short-range view and a leader has a long term perspective.

·      A manager asks how and when and a leader asks what and why.

·      A manager has their eyes always on the bottom line or profits. A leader has their eyes on
horizon or new developments.

·      A manager accepts and maintains the status-quo and a leader challenges and changes it.

A manager does things right and leader does the right things.