Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a successful manager and a successful leader?

I recently came across this very interesting article…

Recently, I suggested to a colleague that I have probably been a fairly good manager during my career, but not necessarily a great leader.

And, in actual fact, I found myself to be very comfortable with that distinction.

I then started thinking whether I could bring to mind anyone I knew who was both (in my view of the world) and I couldn’t come up with anyone.

The only conclusion I could draw was that really effective leaders appear to know the importance of having really good managers – and they surround themselves with them.

This got us on to discussing what the real difference is – especially as it seems these days that the focus is on Leadership Developmentrather than Management Training.

Do all managers have to be leaders?