Article: What's The Difference Between Leaders and Managers?(Brief Article)

Managers keep things moving, leaders are more visionary, looking at things differently.

How do the best leaders rise through the ranks of management? The short answer is: they don't.

In fact, there are some very real, fundamental differences, which form an enormous gulf, separating leaders from managers.

Management, we have found, is not a training ground for true leadership. That's one of the real dilemmas facing businesses today.

Patty Miller, senior vice president of franchise services for Sylvan Learning Centers, says that identifying leaders, nurturing them, rewarding them and separating them from the management pack is one of ...