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I believe that management and leadership are two different things. Management is defined as planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. Managers plan the work that needs to be done, organize the resources necessary to do the work, staff the team who will be responsible for doing the work, lead the team, and control the quality of the result.
Leadership is defined as the ability to influence. Yes, managers need to be leaders. But leaders do not have to be managers. Everyone can be a leader. Yes, everyone.
That’s why I was interested to hear Michael Walters’