Leadership versus management, part II

In this article, we continue describing the differences between leading and managing.

• Professionals who manage are afraid of making mistakes.
• Professionals who lead see mistakes as learning opportunities.
  
  
• Professionals who manage seek validation.
• Professionals who lead seek understanding.
  
  
• Professionals who manage see diversity as a threat to the pursuit of the harmonious and orderly development of plans.
• Professionals who lead see the zealous pursuit of the harmonious and orderly development of plans as a threat to building great communities.
  
  
• Professionals who manage tell and sell.
• Professionals who lead explore and influence.
  
  
• Professionals who manage think cultural competency is about "being nice to people different than you."
• Professionals who lead know it's much more complex than that.
  
  
• Professionals who manage think emotions get in the way of good planning.
• Professionals who lead know that how people feel about places, planning and the professionals who make the plans impact the quality and success of plans.
  
  
• Professionals who manage assign blame.
• Professionals who lead assign responsibility.
  
  
• Professionals who manage direct and command.
• Professionals who lead persuade and support.
  
  
• Professionals who manage need the power of their positions to persuade.
• Professionals who lead can persuade from anywhere in an organization or community.
  
  
• Professionals who manage take credit.
• Professionals who lead share credit.
  
  
• Professionals who manage are usually ignored after they leave the room.
• Professionals who lead have lasting impacts on others and the communities they serve.

For more on leadership, check out:
Learning to Lead, by Warren Bennis
Good to Great, by Jim Collins
John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do, by John P. Kotter