LQOTD-03-What is the difference between a leader and a Manager?

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An all time Good one. What is the difference between leadership and management or a manager?

For me, a leader is a person that is getting the authority from the people that are willing to follow that person. 

A manager is getting the authority through the people that are reporting to that person. So there's a hierarchy: you are the boss of the other person because of the role you have inside of any organization. You are managing people to fulfill tasks inside of an organization. 

Leadership is helping people to develop as part of your role as a manager. And if you do that well, people are performing better than you are just a manager. Does that make sense? 

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