In the work culture two positions are always controversial and these positions are of a manager and a leader. A manager always has to face the board and finally they are the one who get scrolled by the board. Most of the time managers do not realize that they can cut out this by acting like a leader and take charge of the situation.
Why a manager should be a leader?
There are few people who are born leaders but rest need to learn the skills of the leader. These are two different qualities of managing and leading that a manager should learn. Before this let’s list down differences between leader and manager.
Manager: –
Are responsible for getting things done in the organization.
They focus on a single target.
They manages budget
Are conscious of their responsibilities
Make others work
Do right things
Leader: –
Are the one who challenges the organization for new achievements.
Leaders focus on the whole organizational outputs.
They push the budget
Are conscious of their power
Work with others
Do the things right
A manager opting for the nature of a leader will have to attain the following
- Firstly make a plan of action that you need to work on. The plan can be on paper or just in your mind. Make a outline for everything that has to be done and how to do so.
- Try to thing from all point of views and present your point in front of the board so that they came to know all aspects of growth of the organisation.
- Start encouraging all that planning that are related to the output of the work done by the employees. Follow it till the end of the project.
- Try to involve all levels of working staff for designing the plan of action for the month or any project this will make you aware what kind of problems the management or the staff will have to or are facing.
- Stay aware of all that is related to being leader and to manage all.
The above listed points will help you to be a leader in a manager, which can speak from the board and can understand the staff too. A manager can’t be a leader on the whole but there is a meeting point between the qualities of a manager and a leader. That point can be achieved.