management and leadership differences

There is a general feeling that when someone is promoted to a management position that they are a naturally a leader. Or if someone is a good manager they must also be a good leader. Some people even equate the two believing that a manager is a leader and a leader is a manager. In our view the two are very different. A manager must control processes, costs and coordinates team effort. A manager strives to meet departmental goals of performance, communication of critical information, prioritize goals. Managers tend to work in the system, reacting, controlling risks, enforcing organizational rules; they seek and then follow direction, avert threats, control people by pushing them in the right direction, coordinate effort and reduce weaknesses. Management is restricting, controlling...