Leadership vs Management, What's the Difference? - Project Management Training

Do you believe leadership or management is more important?

Jennifer Bridges, PMP, says both are crucial to running successful projects. In this short tutorial video she shows the differences and the similarities to help you better manage and lead your projects.

[LD-wfyt]

Sue Dyer is the author of the book “The Trusted Leader”, which is simply amazing. If we use the Iceberg model of change (events/transactions, patterns, structure, vision and mindset) as a model for assessing our depth of thinking, Sue’s book covers all levels of change using the Leadership paradigm, not Management. By listening others interviewing Sue one could sense some sort of mental fuse blowing up, a very brief yet ackward pause, caused by the lack of deep thinking. Sue provides a really simple difference between Management (win/lose) and Leadership (win/win ie Partnering approach or lose/lose). Some authors/bloggers even talk about leadership style which should be called management styles unless put in the context of Situational Leadership or growth. The video did not mention few other important parts of leadership: transparency, clarity, atmosphere of trust, collective intelligence, no leaders without followers i.e. “some leaders did bad things whilst some managers did great things” confuses labels/titles with their meanings. Please read John Maxwell’s 5 levels of leaders. Leadership and Management are two very different paradigms. Leadership is about wholes, Management is about parts. Today’s Management systems (Project, Change, Process, Risk etc) all serve some higher entity called “the senior management”. As they wrote in the book “The Blue Ocean Strategy” all those management systems are tactics which do not add up to be called a business strategy (whole). However, if you still liked the video enjoy the Management confusion.

[brucefischer]

If you check any introduction to management textbook you will see that there are four functions of management:
Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling. I use the mnemonic POLiCe to remember them in order.
Note that Leading is a subset of Management. Using this approach might remove some of the confusion about "which is more important - management or leadership?" Both are important. You won't be a good manager if you can't lead. However there are some leaders who can't manage because they don't either plan, organize, or control. So if you want to manage something, remember to do all four things or delegate some of it, but you still will need to manage the things you delegated to make sure they get done right.

[johnnyestrada]

Short, simple, easy to follow and straight to the point. Love this

[romirbasu]

wonderful video, straight to the point

[chanklenchornes]

This video really encourage me to take notes thank you..Because I would love to be able to become a leadership assistant at my new church..

[BrainPowerCentral]

Great video. Considered and explained a very relevant and popular topic. Thank you.

[ayeshaaamir]

Excellent comparison of skills as I found almost half of the world confused and take good management as a leadership...

[RajasekharPolapragada]

good sum up. I am tempted to quote Peter Drucker who maintained both Leadership and Managment are insperable .

[walboyfredo]

Good and concise explanation. Well throughout. l believe also that mentoring is also a leadership function as well as a managment one.

[bediluassefa]

It would clarify more if the different kinds of leadership, like political leadership, business leadership, educational leadership and religious leadership, ... are explained as well.

[puqwkjy]

Thank you for your explanation, it was clear

[atstit]

Real this is very nice presentation. I like leadership course in HRM. Thanks very Much

[misskino]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:03 🧠 *Differentiating Management and Leadership*
- Management and leadership are often used interchangeably but are distinct concepts.
- Both management and leadership have their importance and serve different functions.
01:05 📊 *Management: Its Origins and Functions*
- Management evolved in the last century to handle large-scale organizations.
- It involves processes like planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, measuring, and problem-solving.
02:00 🌟 *Leadership: Vision and Inspiration*
- Great leaders are known for their vision, inspiration, and ability to empower and motivate people.
- Leadership is about creating or changing things significantly and driving better outcomes.
03:23 📚 *Education Emphasis on Management*
- Business schools often focus more on management in their curriculum.
- While management is essential, the world's increasing pace demands more leadership skills at all levels.
04:45 💡 *The Importance of Understanding Both*
- Recognizing the differences between management and leadership is crucial.
- Both are important, and their relative significance can vary depending on the situation.

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[maloriegibson]

This was so simple! Thank you for your clarification.

[RamonCCNP]

Thank you for your explanation Jennifer, it was very clear.

[augustayarteh]

Nice one professor. I think both of them are great. Leadership role is good. Then management is good in any organization or company..

[elainefalconer]

Very interesting - One skill I would suggest is missing from both is Empathy - maybe its implied.

[nisarbinyousuf]

Thanks for valuable lecture.

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[samraliaqat]

Thank you so much for this interesting lecture it's so easy 🤗🤗

[kajalrana]

Thanks for this video ....
I easily understood the topic of leadership v/smanagement by this 🙏