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The Difference Between Managers and Leaders

The Difference Between Managers and Leaders

Where managers have employees, leaders have followers. 

Where managers make widgets, leaders make a change.

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Discomfort is Required for True Leadership

If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, then you're probably not living up to your potential. 

Gain followers. Make change. Get uncomfortable.

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seth godin

"A manager can’t make change because that’s not his job. His job is to complete tasks assigned to him by someone else in the factory. Leaders, on the other hand, don’t care very much for organizational structure or the official blessing of whatever factory they work for. They use passion ...

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"Managers manage a process they’ve seen before, and they react to the outside world, striving to make that process as fast and as cheap as possible. Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change that you believe in.”

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The Difference Between Managers And Leaders

The Difference Between Managers And Leaders

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Managers Need To Become Leaders

Leaders need to set up learning and development programs for managers to act in a way leaders do, making sure that they:

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  2. Ask questions.
  3. Listen actively.
  4. Encourage ideas at all times.
  5. Play to the employee...

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