Leadership Skills vs. Management Skills
The age old question has been what's the difference between leadership skills vs. management skills? Another one often asked is "What are leadership skills?" I have been in a leadership role for over 35 years and I do believe I know how to best define the difference between leadership skills vs. management skills. A strong motional commitment to cause or someone is the way I would define the difference. Think about it for a moment. We lead people into battle! We manage the components of the battle! To bring it down into a more clear perspective let's define a leader as a parent. Let's say a mother. A parent has a strong emotional commitment to raising their child so that they turn into a very responsible and successful adult. You can provide the same material things that a parent provides without getting the same results, such as through a daycare. They are provided with food, clothing, activities, and shelter, but not the same commitment and emotional tie to their future. A good parent will do their very best to provide them with everything they need to get them there. They are continually thinking of not only today but tomorrow in a very big way. Sometimes the tomorrow they are thinking about is months or years away. Say for instance they want them to attend a specific college. In that case everything they do today will make a difference about tomorrow . The more committed they are for that child to attend that specific college will determine how well they lead them in that direction. If that same parent wants their child to do well at a specific sport to potentially get a scholarship, the more commitment they will have to lead them in the right direction. Management skills are those skills that will be used along the way to achieve that goal. Those skills may include managing time well! Managing resources! Leadership skills are also needed along the way. Some examples of that are a commitment to good grades or the right classes if we are speaking of an education. Maybe a commitment to practice and the right team and coaches if we are speaking of sports. So leadership skills vs. management skills breaks down pretty simply when you look at it in the way we defined it above. Leadership is an deep emotional commitment to go in a specific direction. Management is the process of managing the process along the way. That is why I believe that not everyone has the ability to be a good leader, while I do believe that everyone has the ability to be a good manager. The reason is that not everyone will have the emotional commitment to something, but can still manage it. A leader believes in the cause. A manager really does not have to, although it is better if they do. I hope this helps! Continuing the discussion with the first on many leadership skills!
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