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What is the difference between leadership and management?
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Leaders often have a visionary of futuristic component to their skill set. They are able to assess where people are now, where they should be, how to get there, and what resources are needed. Management helps execute largely on the how to get there and utilization of resources. They can shed light onto where people are and where they should be, but are generally not the vision casters.
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Management only deals with the what and the how. Leadership deals with the why or the motivation behind the actions.
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Serving, encouraging, and supporting. A good manager can do those things but first focuses on the project and the outcomes regardless of the input and throughput. They care less about the process of the people than they do about the result. Leadership, focuses on the people, on the systems that are in place to get the results. The results will come when people are led well. When others are supported, cared for, and equipped for more then just the specific task, that is when true production and product will exceed expectations.
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Leadership takes people to where they “aint,” and management manages the process of what we do while we are in that place.
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Leadership bring vision and direction. Management “manages” and provides little vision or direction.