what is the difference of a leader to a manager?
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Leaders and managers are responsible for mission (or business) definition, training, goal establishment and resources (financial, material and human).  Up to this point managers and leaders perform the same tasks.  What separates leadership from management is that a leader incentivizes subordinates, sets the example for subordinates and puts their well being above his own. \n\nAll leaders must have management skills to be successful - managers do not need leadership skills to be successful - but it never hurts. \n\nDO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT EARNING AN MBA MAKES A LEADER.  MOST MBA PROGRAMS DO NOT EVEN ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF LEADERSHIP.   MANY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT ALL, GOOD LEADERS COME FROM THE ENLISTED AND OFFICER RANKS OF THE ARMED FORCES. TAKE CARE OF THE TROOPS(OR YOUR SUBORDINATES) AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MISSION (BUSINESS)
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Managers and leaders are two very different types of people. Managers' goals arise out of necessities rather than desires; they excel at defusing conflicts between individuals or departments, placating all sides while ensuring that an organization's day-to-day business gets done. Leaders, on the other hand, adopt personal, active attitudes toward goals. They look for the opportunities and rewards that lie around the corner, inspiring subordinates and firing up the creative process with their own energy. Their relationships with employees and coworkers are intense, and their working environment is often chaotic. In this article, first published in 1977, the author argues that businesses need both managers and leaders to survive and succeed. But in the larger U.S. organizations of that time, a "managerial mystique" seemed to perpetuate the development of managerial personalities--people who rely on, and strive to maintain, orderly work patterns. The managerial power ethic favors collective leadership and seeks to avoid risk. That same managerial mystique can stifle leaders' development--How can an entrepreneurial spirit develop when it is submerged in a conservative environment and denied personal attention? Mentor relationships are crucial to the development of leadership personalities, but in large, bureaucratic organizations, such relationships are not encouraged. Businesses must find ways to train good managers and develop leaders at the same time.
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A manager can show respect to his or her employees by allowing them to determine the best way to to their jobs.\n\nThe best manager I ever had said to me, "What can I do to help you accomplish your tasks more easily?  Is there anything I can do to facilitate your job?  If so, let me know."\n\nHe then would leave me alone to get my work done.  He gave me goals and a time to get them accomplished, but didn't micromanage every detail - he let me work out the best way to reach my goals and was available if I needed him to, say, talk to someone in another department to get input or a resource.  I was very empowered in my position and the respect went both ways.
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Role, Task, Responsibility, and Source of Power of a Leader\n\n* The role of a leader is to create followers.\n* The task of a leader is to bring about constructive and necessary change.\n*  The responsibility of a leader is to bring about the change in a way that is responsive to the true and long-term needs of all stakeholders.\n*  The greatest source of power available to a leader is the trust that derives from faithfully serving followers.\n\nEffective Leadership as a Source of Competitive Business Advantage\n\nLeadership is imperative for molding a group of people into a team, shaping them into a force that serves as a competitive business advantage. Leaders know how to make people function in a collaborative fashion, and how to motivate them to excel their performance. Leaders also know how to balance  the individual team member's quest with the goal of producing synergy - an outcome that exceeds the sum of individual inputs. Leaders require that their team members forego the quest for personal best in concert with the team effort.
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1. Good communicator - keeps you aware of what is going on in the business, and is very clear when giving direction\n\n2. Non-threatening management style.  Managers who threaten are trying to do what's best for ~their~ career, not yours.  I'd want a manager with a collaborative style, who is committed to developing me and helping me get promoted.\n\n3. A leader who rewards good work with new challenges and opportunities.  If I do well at something, I want my manager to tell me I did well, and give me some say in what I do next - and help develop areas I want to develop.
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Management never produces better performance. Managers are usually the biggest part of any problem in a corporate setting.
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Some managers may not have the proper training they need to be efffective leaders. A major role for managers is setting an expectation for the employees. An inconsistant manager sets a poor example.\n\nI would seek employment with a more professional company, or prepare yourself to take on a management role. You already have the first step of effective management figured out. You can identify a problem. Good luck.
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I think it's a little bit of both.  It's a science because you have to manage finances, budget, efficiences but it's an art as well because you manage people and you can't treat people as just numbers on a ledger.  An effective manager is also a leader and leadership is definitely an art.
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Usually the chairman is the head of the board of directors....they represent the investors in the company but don't necessarily take part in the day-to-day operations.\nThe CEO is Chief Executive Officer.....most times you will see that appointment bestowed on the president. He is in charge of running the operation.
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Do you have a degree? Pretty well any Master's degree from a reputable University. You may also be promoted to lower management if you only have a Bachelor's and a LOT of inherent talent. \n\nBut you need to have people skills also. You need to be able to lead a team successfully in getting their work done (on time and well). You also have to be able to deal well with the different personalities of the people below you. Lower management who use intimidation tactics to keep their people in line don't often make any sort of a climb up the corporate ladder. \n\nAnd at the same time you need to balance your skills at handling your own bosses. Make sure the work you are responsible to them for is done well and on time, and that you know every aspect of it. Your job is to make them look good. If you can do this with competence and without fanfare, then your chances of moving into his position when he moves up the ladder himself would be increased incrementally.
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Everything "rises and falls on leadership".  You need to find a job where the managers are 'people helpers' and not 'paper pushers'.  Too many times the manager is being stressed out by the documentation of the job and they forget the people who do the work that gets them their numbers.  I work for a 'paper pusher' and she is no help at all.  I've had to learn everything on my own.  The other managers at this job are 'people helpers' and they've helped me more than my district manager.  \n\nQuit this job.  \n\nLife is too short to go to a job you dislike each day.
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In order to be an effective manager, you need to be a good leader.  In my opinion, the words manager and leader are synonymous in the business world.  Managers (leaders) must have a thorough knowledge of the job, organize and motivate subordinates to pursue a common goal, direct for the future, etc.  But one of the most important characteristics is role modeling.  Leaders must be a good role model for their followers (i.e. managers must be a good role model for their subordinates)--if they want their followers to act a certain way, they must project that image for them.
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Both.  All depends on the cercumstances. \nIf you are the most knowlegeble, and capable in a given situstion, you should take the lead.  If you are not, them let the person who is take the lead.   Granted there are some people who's ego's make them want to allways lead, and the reverse is also true, but those are generally the minority.  Most people learn to work as a team with the correct person as leader.
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Well, not knowing what your textbook says, but here's a few.\nCampaign Manager: Person who helps organize the campaign and develops the campaign's strategy. In charge of developing the overall direction for the campaign.\nTreasurer: The person who handles taking in funds and reporting them to the appropriate elections agencies. Often they are the chief fundraiser as well.\nChairperson: The chair can sometimes be the campaign manager, but not always. Often, they are chosen because of name recognition, community standing, wealth or other connections. They help get more people on board and oversee campaign committee meetings often.\n\nAnother one is:\nScheduler: This person is very important to handle scheduling the candidate's meetings and events. The candidate should defer to him/her when agreeing to attend things, plus the scheduler should be the one to say no to a group, not the candidate.
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School management is more on the business side of things.  A person with this job title, would be worried about finances, planning, building, equipping, and maintaining, schools within a school district or system.\n\nSchool supervision is what a principal does.  Supervise one school, while a principal is worried about the same things as a school manager, he or she does not set the budget that is given to his school.  The principal allocates whatever money he gets from his district, but he doesnt determine how much money his or her school gets.\n\nIn the end its really up to the school manager, if for example, a school has $1,000 and the principal wants to use that to spend on parties for the kids.  If the school manager decides that the $1,000 would be better spent on textbooks, then the school manager wins.
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A true leader is one who takes intelligent action at the right moment to meet an urgent human need.\n\nA true leader is one who brings out the best in others, for example, the best player on a team is not the one who may get the most points, but the one who inspires the others on the team to be their best.\n\nEvery one of us is a leader when we do anything that helps another.  You are a leader if you walk down a street, for example, and smile.  Your smile may be contagious and help another.
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In management, you are studying the "nuts and bolts" of how to manage a business.  (Hence the name "business management," I suppose.)\n\nIn organizational leadership, you are studying how to inspire and motivate followers, to develop a vision for an organization, etc.  It is geared more toward executive levels of leadership.