Hmmm, I have not explained it very well then. Management is a job function. If someone has decided that X needs to happen, then a managers job is to ensure th

Hmmm, I have not explained it very well then. Management is a job function. If someone has decided that X needs to happen, then a managers job is to ensure that X happens. They may or may not have influenced whether X is the thing that needs to happen. Leadership is convincing people to go in a certain direction. It can happen on many different levels, from the overall direction of a company, to choosing certain technologies to use, to adopting some practices, or whatever. It's more of a quality that anyone can have, rather than a job function.