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The following is a guest blog post from Dr. David Foote, Assistant Dean at the Middle Tennessee State University Jennings A. Jones College of Business.

As a career Navy officer, I had the opportunity to work for some truly exceptional managers and some utterly horrible managers.That got me thinking about the whole management vs. leadership thing.After I retired from Navy life and started working on my PhD in organizational behavior, the issue of what distinguishes one from the other and what each is really about became a central theme in my studies.As you can imagine, when Jackie asked me to write a guest blog on the subject, I jumped at the chance.Most people are pretty well convinced that there’s a difference between leadership and management. There’s not much discussion on that one. However, when I ask people what that difference is, they’re often at a loss for words. Some typical responses include: Turn the page…