Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. You often hear the words "manager" and "leader" used interchangeably in conversations about ...

I often come across many posts, articles, quotes, and infographics that compare leaders versus managers. The major takeaway from the leaders versus managers comparison focuses on the importance of ...

Are you a manager or are you a leader? As a business coach, this question comes up a lot, and many people use the terms interchangeably. But there is a difference between the two, and there is a time ...

There are different types of bosses, with different types of strengths. Some are great at getting things done, some are great at motivating others to get things done. The marketplace needs both — but ...

Getting a seat on a company board might feel like sitting at the top of the food chain, and as leaders of our companies, we might all assume we know how to take the lead on a board. But running a ...

A team is only as great as its leader. Discover the core traits of effective leaders that you should be striving for. Great leaders inspire teams through visionary thinking, empathy, emotional ...

If your first thought upon seeing this headline was, "What's the difference?" then I'm really glad you're reading this. Too often, the lines between being a manager and leader are so ill-defined that ...

I have served as dean under four provosts at two institutions. After one of them stepped down, the university’s president called together the deans to ask, “What should we look for in a new provost?” ...

Brandon Southern is a senior leader at Amazon and former head of analytics at eBay and GameStop. He writes that very few managers actually have a strong desire to elevate others. Southern also writes ...

As dental office managers, we are responsible for overseeing and managing an office's administrative and operational functions. Managing schedules, supervising employees, coordinating appointments, ...

What is power? Some researchers define power as the agent’s ability to influence the target, according to Gary Yukl, J.M. George and Gareth Jones. The agent, target and influenced attributes vary by ...