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What is the difference between leadership and management?
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The difference is being involved in the workload. As a previous manager at Target , I was taught that effective management is excluding myself from the workload as much as possible. In a retail/business setting obviously the most important thing is numbers/sales and the work being completed. In ministry of course we should be more concerned about the well being of others, as we must remember that we are family! One in Christ Jesus, brothers, mothers and sisters to each other just as Jesus called those who followed him and believed in Him his brother, sister and mother.
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Leaders teach and empower vs manage direct and control
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Leadership is more visionary and looking towards the future. Leaders are focused on getting to where they are going. Management takes care of the here and now.
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Leadership is personal, relational, and a good leader serves the people they are leading. Leadership helps and contributes. Management generally is less personal, less relational, and demands rather than serves. Managers ask and take rather than contribute.
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Management tells people what to do
Leadership leads then and empowers them