Dictionary.com defines a manager as a person who controls and manipulates resources and expenditures. Managers know exactly what is expected of them and they have the resources to go and get that done. Managers manage a process that is understood. Someone else came up with it, and they go make others implement it.
A leader is something totally different. Leaders make change.
Leaders challenge the status quo and take people in a direction that they believe in.
Leaders challenge the status quo and take people in a direction that they believe in.
Seth Godin breaks down the difference like this:
Managers have employees. Leaders have followers.
Ask yourself these questions, Why do people follow you? Do they do it because they have to, or because they want to? Are you implementing a process or implementing change?
Most importantly, Where are you going?
Most importantly, Where are you going?
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