Management and leadership roles work hand in hand in deciding what needs to be done, creating networks of people and building relationships while ensuring that employees do their jobs. Have a look at some of the ways leadership activities may differ from management activities.
ROLE ONE: DECIDING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
SETTING A DIRECTION: Developing a vision of the future along with strategies for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
ALIGNING PEOPLE: Communicating the new direction to those who can create coalitions that understand the vision and are committed to its achievement
ROLE TWO: CREATING NETWORK; BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
PLANNING AND BUDGETING: Setting targets or goals for the future, establishing detailed steps for achieving those targets, and then allocating resources to accomplish those plans
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
ORGANISING AND STAFFING: Developing the capacity to achieve its plan by organizing and staffing – creating an organizational structure and set of jobs, staffing the jobs with qualified individuals, communicating the plan to those people, delegating responsibility for carrying out the plan, and devising systems to monitor implementation
ROLE THREE: ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO THE JOB
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
MOTIVATING PEOPLE: Keeping people moving in the right direction, despite major obstacles to change, by appealing to basic but often untapped human needs, values and emotions
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
CONTROLLING AND PROBLEM SOLVING: Monitoring whether results are in keeping with the plan by means of reports, meetings, and other tools; identify deviations; and then planning and organizing to solve the problems
BASED ON THE PRESENTATION AT THE INYATHELO ADVANCEMENT ACADEMY FOR NPOS: “Effective Leadership for NPOs”
