Leaders and Leadership Leaders are those who influence other people with the ability they possess, to achieve a common goal and said to be the heart of an organization, creating and sharing the meanings with the followers (Munene,1997), carrying out the process of leadership (Drescher, 2017). 3
Managers And Management Managers can be defined as people who do planning and organizing the organizational resources effectively and efficiently leading them and controlling them, to achieve organizational goals and objectives (Chou et al., 2016), carrying out the management process by becoming voicers (Mowbray, 2018). 4
Theories Related to Leadership Trait Theory Behavioral Theory Contingency/Situational Leadership Theory 5
Are Leaders And Managers Different? 1. Trust Inspiring environment other than a rigid environment 2. Emotions Emotional connectedness vs. emotional distance 6
3. Followers Vs. Subordinates Leaders have followers under them while managers have subordinates 4. Risk Taking Leaders are risk takers, preferring challenges; Managers are risk averse, avoiding challenges 5. Emanating Vision Creating vision and working for the existing vision Differences cont’d 7
6. Human Development Task oriented Vs. reframing employees by learning and development 7. Power Position power in contrast with personal power is used by managers and leaders respectively 8. Social Networking Positive to negative networking aspect Differences cont’d 8
9. Diversity Management Managing the differences between the cultures, gender, age, ethnicities etc. 10.Business Development Leaders tend to be innovative , besides managers are administers Differences cont’d 9