Thursday, February 3, 2011

Week 2: Communicating and Leading at Work (cont'd)

Are you a leader or manager? What's the difference?

3 comments:

  1. I believe the differences between a leader and manager are:
    1. Leaders have followers, managers have subordinates;
    2. Leaders bring their attention to people, managers focus on the work;
    3. Leaders seek risk, managers avoid risk;
    4. Leaders invent a job, and managers search for one;
    5. Leaders have a long term vision, managers have a sort term vision;
    6. Leaders want achievements, manager want results.

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  2. A manager is someone who has been appointed to coordinate and facilitate a group or department, whereas a leader influences others ever if he or she has not been designated to assume a specific leadership role.
    I feel as of right now I am a better leader then manager. At work others follow because they know I will do what needs to be done to move the business forward. I work hard and I learn all the new technology before everyone else. This helps in a leadership role because others look to me for answers on certain projects or equipment. In the future I hope by getting my degree in Business Management that I become a better manager.

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  3. I believe the difference between a manager and leader is that a leader takes charge in working and leading the other employees. The manager focus more on the work itself and tries to avoid and situation. A leader focus more whats being done in the work place and the Manager looks at the business as a whole to see whats being done right and whats being done wrong.

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