What is the difference between managers and leaders? Is it possible to be an effective manager without being a leader? Provide examples to support your answer.

The difference between managers and leaders are their pathway to job completion. I believe that managers deal more with processes and procedure. A manager is thought to be more structured, controlled, analytical, and rule-oriented. A manager might purely look at deadlines and outcome achievement. I think managers that are not leaders may look at projects more as a project manager. Leaders create environments where workers can achieve success through collaboration and team building. Leaders tend to be experimental, visionary, unstructured, and flexible. Leaders create goals with their team members. I believe that workers tend to work more diligently for leaders than managers because they feel as though the goals set have included their outcome as well. I believe a manager can get the job done, but not necessarily the best job possible. I also believe a strong leader on a team is not always the manager. I believe in today’s workforce that members of a team that specialize in specific areas can be a leader and have it be acceptable by all members of the team including management. According to Seth Godin in the book Triibes people want to be led and motivated they don’t want to be managed. Leaders create movements in which people want to join and be a part of.