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by badpun 1393 days ago
As an aside, let's not pollute the language with corporate newspeak such as "leader", when we're speaking about merely managers [1]. A Leader was chosen by people who follow him and helps them achieve a common goal. Whereas a manager was selected by company's owners (often by proxy, i.e. other managers) to oversee their interests. There is no voluntary component present - manager's reports have no choice but to obey him/her or else they lose the job. Also, their goals are not common, but are often rather at odds - e.g. employees want maximum paycheck, managers want to pay as little as possible. Managers and leaders are two completely different creatures.

[1] This one seems fairly recent and I suppose it was coined because the term "manager" was creating a bad taste in the mouths of increasing numbers of people.

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I'm sorry you've had such a bad experience with managers. I can assure you it looks much different in my neck of the woods.