Harvard Business Review published the piece "Managers
and Leaders: Are They Different?" years ago. It does a fantastic job of analyzing the
question in the title. The article is
here:
https://hbr.org/2004/01/managers-and-leaders-are-they-different
Unfortunately, while the points of the article could have
been summarized nicely into a table, that was not done, so I have done it here,
though probably with a few of my own biases I'm sure.
Managers
|
Leaders
|
Embrace process
|
Tolerate process
|
Narrow choices
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Expand choices
|
Mitigate risk
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See risk as opportunity
|
Reconcile differences
|
Have spirited interactions
|
Relate by role
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Relate to individuals
|
Focus on how to make decisions
|
Focus on what decisions to make
|
Show objectivity
|
Have empathy
|
Reach the goal
|
Define the goal
|
Have professional associates
|
Have friends and enemies
|
Create win-win situations
|
Win
|
This view provides a very useful list of dimensions to
consider when trying to figure out which combination of management and
leadership abilities a particular person may bring to the task at hand.