Leadership and Strategic Management

1.     Leadership and strategic Management

In the first section we have learned what is leadership and how it differs with the management, demonstrate and understanding of the nature of leadership and strategic management as well as theory of leadership. With that learning we suppose to discuss below topic.  

1.1 Leaders are managers, but managers are not necessarily leaders

Leader is a person who influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal, basically leadership made with person, people and the purpose. Leadership is about effectiveness through trust, inspiration and people. leadership is that some causes leaders do not have to hold a management position. That is, a person can become a leader without a formal title. Any individual can become a leader because the basis of leadership is on the personal qualities of the leader. Doing the right things, communicating the vision,persuading,innovates - developing fresh approaches  to change. Focuses on and develops people are about leadership.

A manager is a person in an organization who is responsible for carrying out the four functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading and controlling. all managers would be leaders if they effectively carry out their leadership responsibilities to communicate, motivate, inspire and encourage employees towards a higher level of productivity. managers are responsible for carrying out the four functions of management, their primary concern is to accomplish organizational goals. Managers get paid to get things done in organizations. Management is about efficiency and getting results though systems, processes, procedures, controls and structure.

1.2 Leadership vs management

Leaders have followers; managers have employees. Leaders empower and inspire their followers. Managers only maintain command and control, many times to excess, thereby uninspiring employees. Leaders do not seek stability, they look for flexibility. Leaders set the course, inspiring their followers to solve their own problems and make their own decisions. Leaders teach their followers to be leaders and to better themselves, their companies, and those around them. Managers make decisions, solve problems as they arise, and give orders. Leaders are always looking for better and more efficient ways of doing things. A manager just accepts the organization's makeup and culture and does all that he or she can to cement the company's status. As leaders always looking for ways to access the brain trust we employ the knowhow and everyday skills of our people. Unfortunately, even the best of managers don't do well with this type of task, but leaders do. leaders show their loyalty to the employees, the managers, and the company to earn the employees' loyalty.

BASIS  COMPARISON	LEADER	MANAGER
Meaning	A leader is a person who influences his subordinates to achieve a specified goal.	A manager is a person who manages the organization and is responsible for planning, direction, coordination and control
Approach	Sets Direction	Plans details
Attribute	Foresightedness	Mind
Subordinate	Followers	Employees
Style	Transformational	Transactional
Decision	Facilitates decision	Makes decision
Aim	Growth and development.	Attainment of the required result.
Focus	People	Process and Procedure
Change	Leaders promotes change.	Mangers react to change.
Conflict	Uses conflict as an asset	Avoid conflict
People	Aligns people	Organizes people
Strives	For effectiveness	For efficiency

Table 1:Leader vs manager