EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Respected Principal Sir, Vice-Principals, Senior-Mistresses, Teachers,

and Dear Friends,

I would like to begin my speech on Emotional Intelligence – the

differentiation between Manager and Leader, with a quote.

“It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines

success or failure.”

Dear friends, Is there a difference between managers and leaders? To

me, the answer is—absolutely. After exploring few articles about the
differences between managers and leaders, I concluded that the
present environment leans towards more managerial than leadership
qualities. There is always the opportunity to become a manager, but
becoming a leader takes a certain kind of higher learning and
understanding in order to be practiced effectively. A manager finds
immediate solutions, a leader questions the solutions. The term
manager exemplifies the more structured, controlled, analytical,
orderly, and rule-oriented person. The leader exemplifies a more
experimental, visionary, unstructured, flexible and risk taking person.
Managers and leaders think differently internally, therefore the
outcome is different externally. I would like to put across few examples
to crystallize the differences between managers and leaders.

The Manager… The Leader…

Maintains Develops

Accepts reality Investigates it

Has a short-range view Has a long-range perspective

Has his/her eye on the
Has his/her eye on the horizon
bottom line
Imitates Originates

Accepts the status quo Challenges the status quo

is Classic good soldier
is analytical / structured /
orderly
Use the power of logical
mind
Consider dangers
is His/her own person
is experimental / visionary /
creative
Use the power of intuition
Sense opportunity

Isolate Correlate

Think rivals/Competition Think Partners/Cooperation

Correct Strategic
Build on Strategic Strengths
Weaknesses
Administer Programs Develop People

Formulate Policy Set Examples

Instruct Inspire

Control Empower

Employ Consistency Employ Creativity

Duplicate Originate

See Complexity See Simplicity

React Proact

Plan Experiment

Ask How Wonder Why

Think Logically Think Laterally

is Skeptical is Optimistic

Take Charge Encourage Delegation

Perform Duties Pursue Dreams

is Dependent is Independent
 Inhabit the Present Reside in the future

Want Good Demand Better

Follow versions Pursue visions

Is Static Is Evolving
Would rather self-improve
Easily fire employees
employees
Scrutinize performance Search for potential

Fixed Mutable

……. and a lot more differentiations can be established.

Warren Bennis, — a popular writer of leadership resources — quotes

that “There is a profound difference between management and
leadership, and both are important. To manage means, to bring about,
to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for, and to conduct.
Leading is influencing, guiding in a direction, course, action, opinion.
The distinction is crucial… Managers are people who do things right
and the leaders are people who do the right thing.” In my opinion,
these examples show the slight differentiation between the manager
and the leader. However, this slight difference is what makes a person
distinguishable between their power to perform and their power to
transform.

Thank you. I sincerely express my gratitude to one and all.

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