Leadership vs. Management

There is an interesting relationship between leadership and management. In some ways they are similar, yet they are still so different. There are some managers that are good leaders, but you don't have to be a good leader in order to be a manager. To me a good leader is someone who is confident, and is truly passionate about what they do. A good manager is someone who is goal oriented, organized, and can delegate tasks to get things done. One article I read said that managers have subordinates, and leaders have followers. Subordinates follow managers because their job depends on it, but those who follow leaders do it by choice (Leadership vs. Management).

One interesting point that was made in class about leaders was that even if they are the most awful person and did the most awful things they could still be a very influential leaders. Hitler comes to mind when I think about this. He convinced millions of people to follow him and do things that they probably would have never even thought about doing. He convinced a whole country to follow him and was unstoppable for such a long time.

Reference
Leadership vs Management (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/articles/manager_leader.htm