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The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

— Warren Bennis

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✓Similar Perspectives

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

— Arsene Wenger

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

— Tom Peters

Effective management always means asking the right question.

— Robert Heller

When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.

— Harvey Mackay

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

— Mike Huckabee

A leader in any place must ask himself who he identifies with, with which values, and towards what goals.

— Tzipi Livni

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

— Harold S. Geneen

✗Opposing Perspectives

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

— Warren Bennis

Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.

— Jeff Weiner

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

— Theodore Roosevelt