Leaders Versus Managers - jmadison222/knowledge GitHub Wiki
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Not all managers can lead. Some individual contributors can lead well. It is useful to separate the two notions so they can be measured and utilized independently. The best bifurcation I’ve found is from this Harvard Business Review article:
The points in the article lend themselves to an efficient summary table—which the authors did not provide, so I made my own. My summary is:
| Managers | Leaders |
|---|---|
Embrace process |
Tolerate process |
Narrow choices |
Expand choices |
Mitigate risk |
See risk as opportunity |
Reconcile differences |
Have spirited interactions |
Relate by role |
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 |