Leaders are managers, but Managers are not necessarily leaders. Argue for or Against this.

People frequently confuse leadership and management as being synonymous, but in reality, they are clearly distinguishable. 

“Leadership is about inspiring and Management is about planning”

The most significant distinction among the two is that leaders have people who follow them, whereas managers have individuals who work for them or for their organization (Sharma & Jain, 2013). Leaders are responsible for inspiring their teams to realize and engage in the company's goals while also working to specific targets. When it comes to management, the primary focus is on administration and ensuring that the daily tasks are completed as they planned beforehand ( Ribeiro, 2020).

Figure 1:Understanding the difference between leaders & managers

It is necessary to have a close working relationship between management and leadership. In spite of the fact that they are not the same as one another, they are strongly intertwined and mutually advantageous (Sharma & Jain, 2013). Within an organization, any attempt to distinguish between the two will almost always result in more difficulties than it would solve. Any company's success is dependent on its capacity to plan, organize, and coordinate its employees, as well as on its leaders' ability to inspire and motivate people to work to the best of their abilities (Watkins, 2012). 

 

What Leaders Do

Change is brought about by leaders. They also contribute to the long-term survival of the organization by bringing individuals together behind a common goal. Gaining support from a wide range of stakeholders, communicating widely, and motivating and inspiring employees are all necessary components of this process (Cheverie, 2016).

Figure 2: Leadership Process

Leaders as Managers

Leaders challenge the existing quo. They look for better, more efficient methods. This style of thinking may generate dynamic teams and achieve the company's future goals.  Leaders inspire, relocate, and remove layers of management, moving responsibilities, trying to evict nonproducers, and rewarding producers. Managing and motivating oneself is a leadership skill. They appreciate empowerment ( Ribeiro, 2020).

 

What Managers Do

When the anticipated results do not turn out the way the organization had hoped, it manages complexity using a variety of methods such as planning, budgeting, staffing, defining tasks, monitoring performance, and problem-solving. For the most part, managers achieve excellent operational outcomes and results by establishing some level of predictability and order via the use of systems and procedures (Watkins, 2012).

Figure 3: Management Process

 Figure 4: Differences among managers and leaders

With this facts and figures, I believe that the statement is exact and leaders are managers, but managers are not necessarily leaders. 

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