Leadership Vs. Management

Leadership = Creating/Crafting a vision/goal for an organization and Equipping followers to carry out that goal

Management= Leveraging resources to control specific tasks that work towards the end goal of an organization

People and Goal oriented

Leaders place power on Managers to accomplish tasks - (Hagberg)

less task focused, more end-goal oriented

Taking the vision and boiling it down to tasks

Focus on using the skillset of followers to achieve the goal

Both management and Leadership should focus on the health of the followers/staff

Stewardship of resources/staff/followers

Competency involved in both (Anthony & Estep, 349)

Leaders & Managers both need to be active in their pursuit and growth of their own skills and competencies

Deal with Complexity in the organization (Kotter)

Deal with the future, the change, the "Where do we need to be?" (Kotter, Grusendorf)

While keeping vision in mind, Breaking tasks into segments (Anthony & Estep)

Planning

Organizing

Staffing

Directing

Evaluating

Creating the idea/goal (Kotter, the perils of confusing management and leadership)

Major focus on the "HOW" of the organization

Major focus on the "WHAT" or Goal of the Organization

Utilize power to move towards goals. (Hagberg)

Finding managers who are mature/skilled/tasked for the job

Requirement for TRUE Leadership, vision casting done by leaders who have "gone through the stages" (Hagberg, 201)

Direct contact with staff/followers

Human Resource skills in order to

Empower

Mobilize

Utilize

Grow

Challenge

Problem-Solving