Leadership vs. Management

Leadership and management are distinct forces.

Leadership inspires vision, drives guidance, and fosters excellence.

Management ensures communication, maintains tracking, and measures performance.

Great leadership organically produces the outcomes we associate with management:

• Set a clear vision, and communication will naturally follow.
• Provide proper guidance, and tracking becomes streamlined.
• Foster a culture of excellence, and performance will be driven by the team itself.

Leadership is a generative activity. It generates high-value outcomes.

Management is an evaluative activity. It evaluates existing behaviors.

Leadership is future-focused, always creating what’s next. Management lives in the past and present, making sure what has been done continues to perform.

If you want to create a lasting impact, spend more time leading than managing.