Managers vs Leaders

Managing and leading are two different ways of organizing people. conventional leaders set new direction or vision for a group or organization to follow,ie:a leader is the spearhead for that new direction. On the other hand a conventional manager controls and directs people/resources in a group according to principles or values that they have already established. A conventional manager uses formal and rational methods whilst a leader uses passion and stirs up emotions.
People willingly follow leaders due to their charisma and personality traits, whereas a manager is obeyed due to the formal authority vested in him/her. As a result people tend to be more loyal to leaders than managers.
Leadership is doing the right things; management is doing things right.
Leadership is defined as the process by which a person exerts influence over other people. It can also be defined as the process of organizing a group of people to achieve a common aim/goal. The leader may or may not have any formal authority. A good leader strikes a balance in the processes and relationships in achieving the set goals and tasks.
There are things that set leaders apart from other people. Some are born with these characteristics, others imbibe them as they improve as leaders. The commonest trait that people see in a leader is his/her integrity. People believe if someone pursues an agenda because it is the right thing to do and not because of they are ego driven. A good leader must also be people centered; the supreme interest of the people he wants to lead must be his main focus. He must understand how unique people are in order to use those individual skills to achieve his goal. A leader must also show positivity by rewarding and encouraging people and making them do the right thing. They are not negative and wasteful.
To be an effective leader one must be a good communicator, a leader’s communication must move people to work hard towards set goals and targets. Each person has his/her own