Executive Recruiting: Leadership Or Management?
Posted by Tim McIntyre on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 @ 12:33 PM
Executive recruiting doesn't neccesarily have to make the distinction between leadership and management, but what happens with each is quite interesting, and the distinctions can be debated: Here are a couple viewpoints crowdsourced from the blogosphere.
1. The manager administers; the leader innovates.
2. The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
3. The manager maintains; the leader develops.
4. The manager accepts reality; the leader investigates it.
5. The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
6. The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
7. The manager has a short-term view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
8. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
9. The manager has her eye always on the bottom line; the leader has her eye on the horizon.
10. The manager imitates; the leader originates.
11. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
12. The manager is a classic good soldier; the leader is her own person.
13. The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
Another perspective....
1. Leaders optimize the upside; Managers minimize the downside.
2. Leaders envision possibilities; Managers calculate probabilities.
3. Leaders focus on the ends; Managers focus on the means.
4. Leaders focus on the what; Managers focus on the how.
5. Leaders prepare beyond the limits; Managers focus execution within limits.
6. Leaders generate energy; Managers preserve energy.
7. Leaders seize opportunities; Managers avert threats.
8. Leaders are the first ones onto the battlefield; Managers are the last ones off.
9. Leaders amplify strengths; Managers reduce weaknesses.
10. Leaders provide vision; Managers provide execution.
11. Leaders do the right things; Managers do things right.
12. Leaders plant; Managers weed.
13. Leaders create the Will, Managers maintain the Rhythm.
Synergies between the leaders and managers create more positive results, and executive recruiting, done well, is a major catalyst for the success of both together.