According to the article Leadership vs. Management at Changingminds.org:
The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way they motivate the people who work or follow them.Here are some of the differences between leadership and management:
Managers have a position of authority vested in them by the company, and their subordinates work for them and largely do as they are told...because they have been promised a reward for doing so.
Leaders do not have subordinates--at least not when they are leading...When they want to lead, they have to give up formal authoritarian control, because to lead is to have followers, and following is always a voluntary activity.
Telling people what to do does not inspire them to follow you. You have to appeal to them, showing how following them will lead to their hearts' desire.
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I categorically disagree with this type of disinction between Leadership and Management which is a very common trap. Namely, characterising 'Management' as simply 'Leadership's' sort of evil twin antithesis. 'Management' is not the term for 'bad Leadership'. The term for 'bad leadership' is...'bad leadership'.
I disapproved of renowned leadership guru Warren Bennis' stumble down this same path (http://brucelynnblog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B5C035B7809F740A!232.entry).
My own distinction is that 'Leaders optimise the upside; Managers minimise the downside." If you want 22 variations on this, the post above articulates those also as does my blog which has been exploring this subject for a number of years.
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