Managers vs. leaders

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If you haven't already, hop on over to Seth Godin's famous blog for some amazing reads.

(In case you don't already know, Seth Godin is a world-famous marketing legend who is also a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and speaker who advocates for a new style of entrepreneurship and marketing based on trust, respect, compassion, and care.)

A very good post on the difference between management and leadership, right here.

Also a Harvard Business Review article elaborating on the same crucial topic (an excerpt since it's so good):

     ...By contrast, leaders focuses on creating value, saying: “I’d like you to handle A while I deal with B.” He or she generates value over and above that which the team creates, and is as much a value-creator as his or her followers are. Leading by example and leading by enabling people are the hallmarks of action-based leadership...

     ...Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success. Influence and inspiration separate leaders from managers, not power and control.