Leadership Training Program. Difference between leadership&management

LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
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Leadership and management must go together but they are not the same. Our goal in this company is to cultivate leaders who can manage our resources and achieve our organizational goals. To be a successful company, we need the management to plan, organize and coordinate the efforts of the staff whilst inspiring the teams and individuals working on actualizing our visions. The two entities are inseparable and complementary.
A leader is a person who motivates a group of people to accomplish more than it was originally expected CITATION Ger01 \l 1033 (Gershon & Gershon, 2001). Leaders get people to comprehend and believe in their vision and they work together to achieve that vision. A leader can be anyone who can inspire another individual or a group to bring out their best and contribute to the objectives and goals of the organization. Being a leader, you must learn the art of convincing the people to believe in your vision and rally behind you to realize it. A manager is a person who gets things done by working with people and other resources in order to achieve an objective CITATION RPM97 \l 1033 (Maheshwari, 1997). Managers should have leadership qualities because their positions come with authority and that authority should be used to lead. Being a manager, you must make sure that all day to day activities are done as per the laid-out procedures.
Difference between leadership and management
* While the managers are focused on organizing, staffing, directing and controlling the people, the leaders listen, build teams and relationships, inspire, motivate and persuade their followers CITATION Sur14 \l 1033 (Surbhi, 2014).
* While managers derive their authority from their positions, leaders derive their authority from their followers.
* While the manager is focused on systems, procedures, and structures, leaders focus on people.
* Management communication is more formal and therefore often written down for reference and officiality while leadership communication is less formal and more verbal. The verbality helps build a bond between the leader and the followers.
* Management is very technical and deals with measurable elements which show performance, progress etc. leadership evaluates people based on potential and other abstract and subjective units that cannot be measured.
* Managers give directions and subordinates ask questions while leaders ask questions to ensure everyone has bought into their vision and understands their role and how to do what they have to do.
* Managers have subordinates while leaders have followers.
* Managers tell/ instruct what to do while leaders show what to do
* Managers exercise their power and authority over people while leaders develop and derive their power from their followership
* Managers have good ideas and plan them out while leaders bring those ideas to fruition.
Qualities of good leaders
Good communication skills – leaders must understand how to communicate their visions effectively in a simple way. Leaders also have to inspire and motivate; therefore, communication is the key to effective inspiration and motivation.
Proactive – leaders need to be proactive and challenge the status quo. Leaders have to be courageous to do things differently and inspire their team to think outside the box. They are goal oriented and open to any logical process to attain those goals.
Honesty & integrity – to be trusted and attract passionate followership, the followers must find the character of the person trustworthy. Without these elements, the followers cannot buy into the leader’s vision.
Ability to visualize and communicate the vision – leaders must be able to conceptualize and simplify the bigger picture. Their ideas are futuristic and revolutionary. They must be able to communicate that vision clearly and in simple terms, for everyone to understand and commit to working towards it.
Qualities of good managers
Disciplined and focused – the level of managerial discipline is directed to ensuring adherence to procedures and norms. Managers should themselves live up to the expe...