LEADERSHIP VS MANAGEMENT
‘What is the difference – really?’
Leadership is about ‘People’ – primarily building relationships and communications. Leadership occurs through human interaction and connection: ‘eyeball-to-eyeball’ contact between the leader and those being led. Put simply, Leadership involves developing a shared understanding, showing mutual respect and building trust.
Management is about the effective harnessing and distribution of resources. Using processes and tools of policy development, planning, budgeting, controls, and compliance. Management involves the use of capital – financial, materiel and human – to grow wealth for shareholders. People are seen as a ‘resource’ – valuable and productive – but often unfortunately reduced to some financial or economic numeric.
