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Leader or Manager or Both?

This topic has been written by so many authors. So what is different from what I am writing? The simple answer is that I am part of that web of debate and I have and am still experiencing the emotion of it all. Your interest in reading is because you are living personally in the system in which you draw your paycheck. Depending on your age, which correlates to your emotional reaction to leadership and management; you are likely to react differently. I am in my fifties, and for a good part of my life worked in a transnational company with business in most part of the globe. I am proud to be part of that experience and glad about the learning derived from it. Simply put, leadership is steering the ship in the direction that will ensure the safety of its passengers. Management is ensuring that the engine room, kitchen, laundrette, "shipscaping" and the daily chores are efficiently carried out. Does a ship need both qualities? You bet, they need them! Will you see both of them li...