ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the differences and similarities along with the connective tissue of quality leadership and effective business management. It outlines the difference in developing comprehensive business strategies and in executing tactics, actions, and plans. Managers become the instruments within a company structure that execute the plan to attain corporate goals. With good leadership and bad management, a company will have the goals and inspiration to succeed, but no one with an ability to achieve the desired results, deliverables, and company goals. The gap between perception and reality must be closed for an executive to develop truly amazing management and leadership skill sets. Individuals that have both characteristics and skill sets are in the best position to be effective powers of change in any organization, which will always allow the best opportunity for growth, profits, and sustainability.
