I see inordinate number of people asking this question, what is the different between manager and leader? I feel the question itself is wrong. Manager is yet another role like programmer, analyst , designer etc...a good manager is one who can manage assignments diligently and tactfully and has good people management skills, whereas leaders can be found in any role (not just managers), an individual who takes initiative, who inspires, who wants to challenge status quo and who wants to achieve their goals and help others achieve theirs is a leader. And that individual can be lowest in the rank of hierarchy but is still a leader. Make sense? let me know your comments on this.
Perfectly put Vinod. Yes! Perfect. Quite clear.
ReplyDeleteThanks Viji!!
ReplyDeletePerfectly summed up.
ReplyDeleteThe real question is.....do all manager's have good people management skills?
I don't think it is a 'Yes' or 'No' question. If we have to measure manager's people management skill in a scale of 0 to 10..... you will be able to find managers at all levels. The higher the number, the better it is for them as a manager.
DeleteThis is mainly because people hardly get a chance to meet leaders in 'true' sense. All they get to see are managers leading a team of developers and misconceive them to be leaders!
ReplyDelete- Seetha