Umbusi's Blog 34 of 2019| Managers are not leaders and leaders are not managers

Managers are not Leaders, and leaders are not managers.

Definitions:
1) Managers by definition are concerned with maintenance of the status quo, x-amount of resources that are spent according to agreed budget . To A Manager, Profit comes before People.

2) Leaders are concerned with the development of people, with the sole purpose of creating a space or platform for those people to migrate from Victimhood to Victorhood. To a leader, profit comes because of people.

3) People who are managed are Victims

Victims by their nature are:
✖they need instructions
✖they don't take Innitiative
✖they blame others
✖they are never wrong
✖they have haters
✖they are demotivated
✖they are proud
✖they have no energy
✖they are not ready for work
✖they are never punctual
✖they do not have journals for reflection
✖they have a negave attitude
✖they have self-entitlement
✖they hate the uniform
✖they have no integrity

NB:
Managers, historically, were created during the Industrial Revolution, to Manage (Control) such kind of people, who at the time had no clue about the Company trying to make a profit through their labour.
They needed to be kept in line like machines.

4) People who are led are Victors

Victors are Leaders, and by their nature are:
they are self-instructed
they take Innitiative
they take responsibility
they are accept being wrong
they have champions
they are self-motivated
they are humble
they have high energy
they are ready for work
they are punctual
they have journals for reflection
they have a positive  attitude
they have a high work ethic
they take pride in their uniform
they have high integrity

NB:
Leadership is the ultimate purpose for which you were sent to planet earth. You were designed to lead, and be lead, not to manage and be managed.

Conclusion:
Management is not Leadership. It is by nature designed to control.

Even though we use this term at work, and we SHOULD continue using It, it must be borne in mind that, we are called upon the do the following as Managers:

1) Manage Things
👉🏾Time & Opportunities
👉🏾Budget & Profit
👉🏾Equipment & Tools
NB: People are not things.

2) Lead People
📌Recruit for Attitude
📌Align for Genius
📌Train for Skill
📌Coach for Mastery
📌Mentor for Succession
📌Give Feedback for Growth
📌Discipline for Love
📌Motivate for Consistency
📌Model for Legacy

This is the difference between:

MANAGEMENT
vs
LEADERSHIP

Kind regards
Umbusi Ziqalo
Umbusi Thought Leadership Co.

Popular posts from this blog

Umbusi's Blog| The Power of Feedback

Blog 2/2019 PERSONAL MASTERY TUESDAY: The Power of Feedback Balanced feedback gives others information on what they are doing effectively (performance and behaviors) and on what they could do differently to better meet expectations, to be more effective, or to improve future performance results. There are several benefits to providing feedback in a balanced way. 1) A focus on one or two important issues 2) A balance of praise and constructive criticism 3) Addressing issues within the recipient’s control (something they can do something about) 4) Interactive (done in a way that encourages two-way communication focused on problem solving). #UmbusiGlobalLeadershipSpeakerCo is a division of Resilience Group cc Follow My BLOG: umbusi.blogspot.com
Read more

Umbusi's Blog 20 of 2019| The Myth of Position in Leadership

Image
Leadership is Not the Position of Leadership It seems so simple, yet to many a leader it is not.  The Leadership Space or Position of Authority, is not Leadership. Put in other way, Leadership is not the Position, but the Person's attitude towards the position that they occupy. Leadership is the mindset, yes, the mindset and not the authority-set.  Leadership is not the tools of authority nor the vicinity of power. Making conversation with the powers that be, and actually executing their wishes and whims, is not leadership. It is exactly that, executing the mandate of the powers that be. Leadership is a nuance, it is not obvious to the casual observer.  It is concerned with the future, by inspiring the present, using lessons from the past. I challenge you to consult a book called The Art and Science of Leadership by Umbusi Ziqalo, and begin a journey of unlearning, so that you can learn true leadership.
Read more

Umbusi Blog 56 | You are Where You Think You Must Be

You are what you settle for. It is not an accident where you find yourself in life. You are where you settled to be, consciously or otherwise. Settlement is a destination chosen and settled for in the mind. Settlement in simple terms means arrival, and deciding to stay. It means making a decision. It is not true therefore, that circumstances have brought you to where you are, it is you who decided to stay where you are. Your level of growth and progress, both personally and professionally, is a construct of your settlement, a function entirely of your choice. It will take honest personal reflection on your part, to move from where you are. Stop the blame-game, stop the blame-shifting, stop the blame-economy, stop the blame-currency, and stop associating yourself with the blame eco-systems. These few blame-proxies are weighing you down and not designed for your support and growth. Get up, with a radical mindset, and move. Umbusi Ziqalo is a Speaker and Thought Leader in Transforma...
Read more