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Terry White, South Africa

Management versus Leadership

Warren Bennis, the leadership guru has differentiated leadership from management with two simple acronyms:
1. The management acronym POEM means: ‘Plan, Organise, Execute and Monitor and Measure’. This is quite different from
2. The leadership acronym MAST, which means: ‘Meaning, Attention, Self and Trust’:
  1. MANAGEMENT OF MEANING - what does this mean for us / our company?
  2. MANAGEMENT OF ATTENTION - if this is important, then we’d better focus on the following activities, and importantly STOP these other activities).
  3. MANAGEMENT OF SELF is fairly obvious although I’ve seen many leaders transgress this simple principle by contravening their own espoused principles.
  4. MANAGEMENT OF TRUST is another key leadership element: True leadership will require a special brand of honesty if trust is to be built – this honesty tempers hype with business sense, and filters everything through the organisation’s strategic intent.
 

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Barbara, USA
 

Bennis Updated Factors of Leadership

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Barbara, USA
 

Background Bennis

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Stan Heard, USA
 

Re-unite Management and Leadership

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David Arnold, USA
 

Natures of Managers and Leaders

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Sunil Saraf, India
 

Leadership & Management

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Nkosinathi Zvimba
CxO / Board, United Kingdom
 

Leadership-Vision versus Management-Control

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Ahmed N. Qeshta, Palestine, State of
 

Difference Between Leader and Manager

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John Hannah
Consultant, United States
 

Leadership vs. Management

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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
 

Leaders PULL and Managers PUSH

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Abdulrahaman Nashiru
Accountant, Nigeria
 

Differences Between Leader and Manager

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Brown, United States
 

Leadership is about Vision and Management is about Best Practices

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Erdohegyi Gabor
Management Consultant, Hungary
 

Leadership versus Management versus Boss - Same or Different Meaning?

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Emmanuel Reyme
Director, United States
 

Differences Between Manager and Leader

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Shankar
Manager, India
 

Can Managers become Leaders...

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Schubert Pereira, United States
 

Leadership and Management

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Coach, France
 

Evolving from a Manager to a Leader

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Radha Raj
India
 

A Manager without Leadership Qualities

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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
 

Management and Leadership

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Belmiro Isaac, South Africa
 

Leadership versus Management

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E. von Ammon
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Missing Characters in MAST

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Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
 

A Leader Aligns his Energy towards the Spirit behind the Service

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Francisco Mucanheia
Strategy Consultant, Mozambique
 

Leadership is about Following; Management is about Obeying

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Earle Taylor
Turnaround Manager, United States
 

Leadership, Management and the Essential Difference

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Robin Pagano
Consultant, Brazil
 

Leaders and Managers

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Nii Torto
Accountant, Ghana
 

Leaders and Managers

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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

The Leader versus the Manager

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Emmanuel Mwirichia
Manager, Kenya
 

Both Management & Leadership are Valuable and Needed for Success

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Mohamed Mahgoub
Consultant, United Arab Emirates
 

Management and Leadership

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Aditya Sud
Student (MBA), India
 

Management: Go! Leadership: Let's Go!

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rio-roshi merit
Student (University), Nigeria
 

Leadership versus Management

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Stephen Okeyo
Professor, Kenya
 

Leadership versus Management hard to Differentiate and Dependent on Culture

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ISAAC E. OGBUKA PhD
Nigeria
 

Management is about Coaching; Leadership is about Showing Direction

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Management and Leadership

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Management Consultant, Singapore
 

Leadership versus Management : AMP Motivators

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Aldo Bettini
Business Consultant, Panama
 

Leaders are Unquestionable; Managers must Explain and Prove

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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
 

Management focuses on How; Leadership focuses on Why

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Leena Bissoonauth
Student (University), Mauritius
 

Management and Leadership According to Bennis

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NYAMEKA MAKITSHI
Manager, South Africa
 

Managers must Learn how to Lead

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Adedayo Rotimi Muyiwa
Student (University), Nigeria
 

Management must be Leaders. Especially these Days.

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Ulrich Schweiker
Director, Germany
 

1. Go! 2. Let's Go! or: 3. I Will Go! Who Joins me?

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MICHAEL PETIT, PHD
Director, Australia
 

Managers, Leaders and Hierarchy

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Maria Montero
Coach, Venezuela
 

Managers Deal with Things

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Pedro Viagem
Manager, Angola
 

Manager and a Leader

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Mohamed Mahgoub
Consultant, United Arab Emirates
 

Leadership is Born + Made

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Ian Graham
Consultant, United Kingdom
 

Management and Leadership

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EMMANUEL
Student (University), Nigeria
 

Management is about Self, Leadership is about Selflessness

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Donasian Mbonea
HR Consultant, Tanzania
 

Summary of Management versus Leadership

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Priya Rathore
HR Consultant, India
 

Manager also Needs to Be a Leader

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ed tarus
Student (MBA), Kenya
 

Management Versus Leadership

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Emmanuel Reyme
Director, United States
 

Differences Between a Leader, Manager, and Boss

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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
 

POEM and MAST Belong Together

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Robert Sowell, United States
 

Management and Leadership

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Listening is a Key Skill for both Managers and Leaders

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gordon ullyett
Project Manager, New Zealand
 

Management versus Leadership seen from the Follower

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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
 

Can Leaders become Managers?

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Mohamed Mahgoub
Consultant, United Arab Emirates
 

Reasons for Leaders to Emerge

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TAPIWA JUMOH
Student (University), Zimbabwe
 

What I Think is Leadership

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Satya Nistala
India
 

Leaders Lead and Managers Merely Manage

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Emmanuel Duru
Analyst, Nigeria
 

Management and Leadership

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Aspinall, United Kingdom
 

Leadership & Management

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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
 

Leadership and Management

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ed tarus
Student (MBA), Kenya
 

What Leaders Do: They Lead and Learn

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Mona Al-Abbas
HR Consultant, Bahrain
 

Balancing Management and Leadership Skills

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Daniel Mitchell, Singapore
 

Good Leaders and Bad Leaders

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Mohamed Mahgoub
Consultant, United Arab Emirates
 

Balancing Management & Leadership

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Director, Ghana
 

Leadership and Management: is There Difference?

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Ulrich Schweiker
Director, Germany
 

Favoring Psychological Systems Dynamics

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Adam mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
 

Management and Leadership

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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

The Leader - the Follower

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Adam Mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
 

Management and Leadership / the Leader the Follower

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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

The Leader as a Follower

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TAPIWA JUMOH
Student (University), Zimbabwe
 

Leadership or Management the Two Have a Concordial Agreement

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Director, Malaysia
 

Leadership versus Management according to Covey

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Adam Mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
 

Management versus Leadership

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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
 

Re: Leadership and Management

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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

The Leader <> Manager Balance

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Andrew Blaine
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Leading versus Driving

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Arif ur Rehman
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At the Helm - Through Motivation

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Karel V
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Leadership and Management

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Elijah Peters
Manager, United States
 

Manage versus Lead

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Priya Rathore
HR Consultant, India
 

The Role of Managers is more Stable than the Role of Leaders

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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
 

Motivation as a Driving Force

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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
 

Motivation versus Fear

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Business Consultant, South Africa
 

Fear and Motivation

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India
 

How Does Management and Leadership Differentiate

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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
 

Management and Leadership

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Andrew Parker
Director, Australia
 

What is the Difference Between Management and Leadership and Which is the Most Important

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Manager, Germany
 

Difference Between Management and Leadership

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Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
 

Leading & Managing

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Ray Chatwin
Lecturer, United Kingdom
 

Leading and Managing

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Anthony Tsui
Professor, China
 

Leader and Manager are Twins

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Reid
CEO, United Kingdom
 

Leadership vs Management

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Bosede Abiola Adetifa
Manager, Australia
 

Management versus Leadership

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Rangu Suwas
CEO, India
 

Management versus Leadership

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Mrs. Sayran Ghafuri
Coach, Iraq
 

Management versus Leadership

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Anonymous
 

Leadership versus Management

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Frederic A Parker
Consultant, United States
 

Leadership versus Management

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Management Consultant, India
 

Difference Between Leadership and Management

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Yochanan Kirschenboim
Director, Israel
 

Leaders Address People in Their Four Dimensions

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Sathya Devarakonda
Project Manager, India
 

What is the Difference Between a Manager and a Leader

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Fosuaba
CEO, Ghana
 

Leader versus Manager

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Victor Aguilan
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Management and Leadership

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