Leadership vs Management in Quotes

"A much quoted bromide...defines 'management' as the skill of getting people to do something that you want them to do because you want them to do it and 'leadership as the art of getting people to do something you want them to do because they want to do it."

            Sal f. Marino, "The Difference Between Managing and Leading", Industry Week, 17 June 1999.

"If there is a clear distinction between the processes of managing and the process of leading it is between getting others to do - managing - and getting others to want to do - leading."

 James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge.

"Management is about skills, leadership is about skills coupled with character."

Patrick L. Townsend and Joan E. Gebhardt, Five Star Leadership.

"Management is getting work done through others.  Leadership is taking people where they haven't been but need to go."

Don Roberts, Human Capital Advisory Services, Deloitte and Touche.

"Much of what is mysterious about leadership becomes clearer if we separate leadership from management and link leadership specifically to creating and changing [organizational] culture...the unique and essential function of leadership is the manipulation of culture."

Edgar H. Shein, Organizational Culture and Leadership.

"Leaders work on the culture of the organization, creating it or changing it.  Managers work within the culture of the organization."

Edgar H. Shein, "Organizational Culture" in J. Thomas Wren ed. The Leader's Companion.

"Management 'is the delusion that you can change people.  Leadership 'is deluding other people instead of deluding yourself." 

The Economist, 16 Nov. 2002 quoting Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle.

Leadership vs Management in Lists

"Essentially, the manager administers and the leader innovates...
The manager maintains, the leader develops.
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader is always questioning and challenging....
The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
The manager has a short range view; the leader has a long range perspective.
The manager asks 'how' and 'when'; the leader asks 'what' and 'why'...
The manager imitates; the leader originates...
The manager is a copy, the leader is an original." 
               Warren Bennis,"Introducing Change" Executive Excellence, Nov. 1994

"Management                                                         Leadership

-To Produce Order.                                         -To Produce Change.

-To Achieve Consistency.                               -To Achieve a Vision.

-Planning                                                         -Setting the Direction.

-Coping with Complexity.                              -Coping with Change.

-Organizing and Staffing                                -Aligning People.

-Independent Functions.                                 -Interdependent Funcitions.

-Controlling.                                                    -Motivating.

-Other Directed.                                              -Self Directed.

-Reactive.                                                        -Proactive.ˇ¨

         The Center for Organizational and Professional Excellence

"Let's Get Rid of Management.

People don't want to be managed.  They want to be led.

Whoever heard of a world manager?

World leader, yes.

Educational leader..

Political leader.

Religious leader.

Scout leader.

Community leader.

Labor leader.

Business leader.

They lead.

They don't manage.

The carrot always wins over the stick.

Ask your horse.

You can lead your horse to water, but you manage him to drink.

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself.

Do that well and youˇ¦ll be ready to stop managing.

And start leading."

            A message as published in the Wall Street Journal by United Technologies Corp.

 "Management maintains a focus on

-Planning and organizing;

-Controlling and problem solving;

-Focusing on outcomes.

Leadership maintains a focus on:
-Creating a vision and developing strategies;

-Engaging, motivating and inspiring people;

-Building trust and having courage; and

-Creating action. 

 Trish Jacobson, "What it Takes to be an Effective Leader" in Canadian Manager, Winter 2002.

"Managers cuss. Leaders discuss.

Managers stew.  Leaders do.

Managers resolve.  Leaders involve.

Managers spare. Leaders share.

Managers pare.  Leaders dare.

Managers require.  Leaders inspire.

Managers preach.  Leaders teach.

Managers depress.  Leaders impress.

Managers detect.  Leaders respect.

Managers haze. Leaders praise.

Managers control.  Leaders extol.

Managers remand.  Leaders expand.

Managers react.  Leaders enact.

Managers yank.  Leaders thank.

Managers bray.  Leaders pay.

Managers follow rules.  Leaders make them.

Managers dread failure.  Leaders learn from it.

Managers do things right.  Leaders do right things.

Managers focus on action.  Leaders focus on vision.

Managers demand results.  Leaders expand opportunities.

Managers think and work inside the box.  Leaders can think work outside the box."

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