Datamatix Leadership Policy
This table summarizes the above (and more) and gives a sense of the differences between being a leader and being a manager. This is, of course, an illustrative characterization, and there is a whole spectrum between either ends of these scales along which each role can range.
Subject | Leader | Manager |
Essence | Change | Stability |
Focus | Leading people | Managing work |
Have | Followers | Subordinates |
Horizon | Long-term | Short-term |
Seeks | Vision | Objectives |
Approach | Sets direction | Plans detail |
Decision | Facilitates | Makes |
Power | Personal charisma | Formal authority |
Appeal to | Heart | Head |
Energy | Passion | Control |
Culture | Shapes | Enacts |
Dynamic | Proactive | Reactive |
Persuasion | Sell | Tell |
Style | Transformational | Transactional |
Exchange | Excitement for work | Money for work |
Likes | Striving | Action |
Wants | Achievement | Results |
Risk | Takes | Minimizes |
Rules | Breaks | Makes |
Conflict | Uses | Avoids |
Direction | New roads | Existing roads |
Truth | Seeks | Establishes |
Concern | What is right | Being right |
Credit | Gives | Takes |
Blame | Takes | Blames |